When Bad Things Happen to Good People: On Karma
Growing up in India, poverty, hunger, disease, death and suffering were all around me. You can smell it, see it, taste it there. It's in your face, in ways that it isn't, here, most of the time. It's also a culture in which the concept of karma leads to fatalism at...
Make a Wish…Or Three…
As we celebrate the return of the light, and the imminent birth of a new year, stop a moment. Drop into your spacious heart. Sink down beneath the surface noise and chatter, to the deep truth of your desire. Make a wish, or three: One for yourself. What do you most...
Drunk on light and drenched in glory: Finding our way home
My wish for you, this holiday season, is that you find that place of stillness where you can hear the song of your creative heart. Away from the bright tumult of the holidays, into the primal womb of the generative dark. The night sky reveals the fire of the stars.
Feel the power of being held.
With Michele Woodward on Finding the Soul of Gratitude
In this conversation with Michele Woodward, we discuss finding the soul of gratitude. Listen in as Michele and I talk about: Transformative programs to help people connect to their deepest "why" of their lives and work. Living into gratitude and how it elevates our...
Wholeness and the Heart of Daily Practice
My students often ask me what I do, on a daily basis, to stay present, grounded and focused on what matters most. Everything I teach and share is a response to this question, but -- distilled to its essence -- my daily practice is an ongoing communion with the Sacred...
Boundaries are the chalice in which Love abides
Before we’re ready…here comes the future!
This poem, an excerpt from Adrienne Rich's long-form poem, Contradictions, sings of this wild, windy, October Sunday. And of all the things that arrive "before we're ready" -- great, crashing angels bearing the spilling light of our future in both hands. "This high...
Nourishing Things: a simple practice for renewing yourself and your world
When I was a child, everything spoke to me. I experienced my world with intense ecstasy, my body and senses absorbing the beauty of the natural world, its scents and sounds, tastes and textures, until they became part of me, streaming in my blood, singing in my bones....
Living Inside the Questions
This morning, I'm living inside the first of the questions that I'll invite the folks who participate in my 2-day virtual retreat, Dreaming in the Dark, to explore: What is the central theme of the story you tell, about your life and your business? The central theme...