Wherever You Go, There You Are

Wherever you go, there you are. What if we cannot count on the world to pause when we need one? For everyone else to adjust their demands or even be understanding and kind in complement to our capacity and our well-being? What if we cannot count on the world–or...

Longing to Exhale

Longing to exhale. A couple of weeks ago, my community was hit with winter weather the likes of which we haven’t seen in thirty years. Because we rarely get a significant accumulation of snow or ice, and because even when we do the temperature usually rises within a...

What Will Help You Feel Nourished?

What will help you feel nourished? What will make you feel nourished and supported today? This question has been loaded as a “reminder” in my phone for a couple of years. There have been lots of days that I haven’t known how to answer this question …...

Why THIS Retreat

Why THIS Retreat. “You don’t look excited,” she said. “I really, really want this baby, I just don’t know what I am going to do with a third child,” I replied. It was December 2009. We had just confirmed that I was pregnant. Not...