Being Playful... Life doesn't always have to be so serious. Sometimes we find the deepest connection in play. Our guards are down, our spirits soar and the only goal is to feel. I remember back when I was a therapist. Some of the most meaningful conversations/connections with my clients were when we were playing cards, making art or dancing. Because we felt this sense of freedom. We weren't 'in therapy'. It was through this heartfelt connection that we built trust with oursel

I heard the knocking again... This time it may have been at the end of a dream I was having. In the dream someone had throw something that looked like a hot coal under my apartment door and I knew it was an explosive so I scooped it up and put it in the sink to run water over it. Then I heard the loud knocking... I laid there in a cold sweat. Paralyzed...Afraid to look outside. After a while I fell back to sleep. Right back to the same dream...fear wasn't finished with me. Th

What calls to your heart? What invites you to serve? When do you feel on purpose? What invokes the magic of your soul? A while back I was online and a good friend was talking about her chronic illness, the toll it was taking on her relationships and her self-esteem. Past of my mission is to serve people whose path includes chronic illness as it has created many opportunities in my own life. My first impulse was to engage an old pattern of commiserating. . As one of my big des

What's your desire? What do you want more of in your life? How can you create it? These are questions I ask my clients and myself every day. Sometimes the answers comes flooding out like a wild river and other times, when we've been distracted by life or pushed our own desires aside, they barely trickle out. Having a daily practice of writing in a desire journal can be a fun and engaging way to excavate our desires and then to keep them alive. Set aside 10 minutes daily at a

I've been spending some time alone lately and after a while I notice that I'm not feeling very turned on. And my next thought immediately goes to...I really need to find someone to turn me on. Now that's a very old pattern I'm dealing with...I need to find the person, situation, food, purchase, job, belief system, etc. to make me feel sexy, turned on, loved, safe, secure, worthy, orgasmic...*insert desired feeling here* Why would I choose to look outside mySelf for that and t