Oh March, You Changey Thing!
Winter’s dormancy is ending in Vermont. Sunlight, increasing in strength and duration, cues sap to flow in our maple trees as robins and red-winged blackbirds… Read More »Oh March, You Changey Thing!
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The Joys of an Emerging KMOG
This is what YES feels like in my body: Time freezes for a slight moment and there’s a sort of imprint—almost like my brain stopped… Read More »The Joys of an Emerging KMOG
Finding Hope in Low Light
The season’s low light nudges the energy of all living things inward. In the quiet, I’m reckoning with my relationships to screens, humans, beings other… Read More »Finding Hope in Low Light
The Fall: So Powerful In Its Pull
For millennia, our ancestors took stock of all they had as they brought in the last harvest. It was a matter of survival. Current-day humans… Read More »The Fall: So Powerful In Its Pull
Disoriented and Unsure? Call That Lost Lost.
Twice in the past month potential coaching clients used the same vivid and universal word to describe the way they feel. Lost. This is an… Read More »Disoriented and Unsure? Call That Lost Lost.
I Found Backstory in the Understory
I’m removing an invasive plant on the borders of our small property. The work taxes my body, breaks open my heart, connects my spirit to… Read More »I Found Backstory in the Understory
When the Budging Ain’t Easy
You’re restless inside. Change has been on hold for too long. Success is something you remember or dream of rather than experience. You might be… Read More »When the Budging Ain’t Easy
Trusting Everything in the Space of Nothing
After years of both standing by and building, a lot happened at once. Some examples: After waiting for months I was able to see an… Read More »Trusting Everything in the Space of Nothing
That First Step, Five Ways
Goals come in all sizes. But their greatness—their magnitude if you will—comes from their energy. What matters is the decision to purposely move toward something… Read More »That First Step, Five Ways
In the Empty Time and Space of 2021
One challenge for me in 2021 was lack of structure. I left the go to work every day world and started a business. Covid repeatedly… Read More »In the Empty Time and Space of 2021
On the Top Rung, but Not Teetering
My mother-in-law passed recently. It was October 14 and one day before her ninety-ninth birthday. She was a sassy, small-bodied Long Islander turned Vermonter who… Read More »On the Top Rung, but Not Teetering
My Improv Suit: It’s All in the Making
I’m out of my league. I don’t know what I’m doing. I’ve never done this before. I could fail. My inner critic lobs these reminders… Read More »My Improv Suit: It’s All in the Making