The Blog
Here’s where I share thoughts on the work of moving toward our biggest lives and baddest selves.
We’ll need this table by 7
The relief that comes from clear and direct communication.
The Season of Both/And
Whatever your traditions, may they live in the courageous thick of the both/and.
Bucking body positivity
Sure, I’d love to think my body was perfect and beautiful – and sometimes I do, but only because I have learned to first accept it exactly as it is.
Dear Ms Rowling,
As I process my anger and fear stemming from Dave Chappelle’s recent transphobic commentary, I returned to a letter I wrote to JK Rowling when I was processing her hate speech along the same lines.
Relearning to Rest: The Honeymoon Edition
Our honeymoon gave me an intensive and delightful reminder about the critical nature of intentional and deep rest.
Our perfectly imperfect wedding
Hidden in all the horrors of the pandemic has been some silver linings, including the way pandemic-related tweaks to our wedding scooched me off the ledge of perfectionism.
Radical Acceptance and Leg-Chewing Varmints
When some sneaky bugs left my ankles dotted with painfully itchy bites, I found not only time for sitting still while my legs were plastered in a baking soda paste but also another opportunity to deepen my practice of acceptance.
Remembering flashbulbs and fictions
Our memories are also prone to our fully human imperfection.
There are only two kinds of people in this world
Those who believe that, and those who see a far greater complexity.
Curiosity 201
Certainty is comfy… and misleading. Curiosity is the antidote and the way forward.