nickel years

nickel years

by | Jul 7, 2018 | inspire, jax boy, reach

Five years ago on my 50th birthday, I was living a life fraught with contradictions. In Colorado, but not the town I loved. Working, but not in the industry I loved. Living a life I was choosing even as I knew some things were deeply unaligned. My dad’s health had...
into the ether

into the ether

by | Dec 18, 2016 | learn

in my recent past, I had these seven years of my life that seemed to disappear into the ether. during that time I met and helped to raise a wonderful 4-year-old boy, and his 7-year-old sister. Last month my step daughter turned 16. I was with them for seven...
the power of renewal

the power of renewal

by | Oct 21, 2016 | create, inspire, reach

to allow ourselves to touch and be touched creates powerful stories and connection. when i’m talking about touch, i’m talking about multiple definitions… when i allow my soul to be touched, i am consciously allowing myself to be vulnerable to all of...
“the heart is our gill…”

“the heart is our gill…”

by | Aug 30, 2016 | inspire

I am incredibly grateful this journey of mine here on earth continues to be such a transformational experience. I am grateful to be continually led to reading exactly what I need to read and to listen deeply for truth. I am grateful to ask for the teachings I need, to...
we need the stillness from which all things grow

we need the stillness from which all things grow

by | Aug 29, 2016 | inspire, people

I am awed and humbled by the writing of Mark Nepo. Thank you for being in this world and showing me such beauty and grace and suffering and soul. “Now years have passed, and I wait long hours in the sun to see the birch fall of its own weight into the lake. How...