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The Great Silence
She’s 4, almost 5, years old. Dirty face and uncombed hair, she sits in the shadows – arms cradling knees held tightly to her chest. She doesn’t make much eye contact. She was slow to communicate....
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Into the Well
The words Women at the Well came to me as a whisper. I accepted gratefully as they danced their way into the title of a new program I was noodling on. Re-entering the world of work from cancer...
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Me first. You second. With love.
In a talk I heard recently, the speaker referenced the often-used biblical quote: Love your neighbor as yourself. It struck me in a way it hadn’t before that this principle starts with the fundamental...
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Self-fullness
One of the barriers we can bump up against in committing ourselves to inner work is the feeling that time to focus on ourselves is selfish. “Who do you think you are,” “why can’t you just be grateful...
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When Transitions Intersect
Back around 2012 I had been asking the universe for a big change in my life. My sense was it would be in the area of work and creativity where I was feeling stagnant and had become restless. I even...
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Release, Receive, Return
Initiation is the ancient term for what today we call transitions. In ancient times initiations were ritualized and we would be mentored through them by elders and wisdom keepers. Today,...
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Taming Your Gremlin
I discovered a new voice in the choir of inner critics that serenade me on a regular basis. In Taming the Gremlin – A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way, Rick Carson suggests...
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Standing Still
Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The...
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Let it Flow, Let it Flow, Let it Flow
Recently I accepted an assignment from my mentor. She suggested that for a month I give up striving, driving, initiating, or instigating; all the active, dynamic energies that are my natural first...
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In a Snit with my Creativity
I’m in a snit. I was intrigued by an idea I’ve seen floating around the blogosphere that suggests choosing one word to work with for the year. It’s the same principle I wrote about last week – choose...
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The Enchanted Forest
Practicing the homework that I had just assigned to the students in my Creativity in Business class, I took an alternate route on my morning hike. I entered the park from a different direction and...
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Something’s Workin’ Me
Something’s workin’ me Silent Subtle Deep Elusive or unfolding? Be still and know … Trust… That more will be revealed in its own time and in its own way That I am fully equipped to meet whatever comes...
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Listening In
Listen Not as a stranger Listen Belong to solitudes Green Wisdom Remember me?
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3 Practices for Compassionate Self Care
The past year and a half has been a healing journey for me. Last spring I was diagnosed with throat cancer. After the initial shock of the news — which despite my extensive experience of working with...
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Make More Art
In the darkest days when I was going through the grueling regimen of radiation treatment for throat cancer, I kept hearing a phrase in my mind: “Make more art. Make more art.” Even when I was feeling...
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