I Love Life! I am someone who lives voraciously and is head over heels in love with life!! Even in uncertainty and chaos. The marking of time in this part of the year and the reflection it allows us is to me a sacred practice. It invites noticing regrets, challenges, accomplishments and celebrations in equal […]
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Holding space today and inviting deep wisdom and compassion into my heart. The enormity and spaciousness of life!! The joy present in witnessing my son marrying the girl of his dreams, a blessed union marking a milestone in all of our lives. Balancing the crass materialism and hectic pace of the holiday with sacred […]
My heart and soul are yearning in this present time for simplicity and deep, authentic community. Consumption, greed and the voices of hatred and oppression that seek to divide and isolate ring out obnoxiously loud and are cloaked in self righteousness that stems from fear. In the midst of this chaos, I crave long, slow […]
Relationships matter more than anything to me. Authentic real, honest and open. I am so blessed to find myself continually surrounded by amazing people that are willing to show up real. That don’t pretend to know everything or have their acts all together but are willing to explore, deepen and grow into this thing called […]
I have been really struggling with anxiety and depression the last several months. So much self doubt showing up. Doubt in myself and the path that has chosen me. The fear of not being able to make a living piecing all of these parts of my life together. The recurring themes of “Just get a […]
How do we show up wholehearted in a chaotic broken world. This troubled, grieving, fragile planet. Where angry voices shout and no one can be heard. Where senseless acts of violence stream through our news feed as hearts break, splinter and shatter. Where tools of death are big business and give the illusion of protection […]
“Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks–we will also find our path of authentic service in the world.” — Parker J. […]
Working in the healing arts more and more I find my life less compartmentalized. Working more from home and expanding our already welcoming space to house more workshops, gatherings and events in a home already blessed by traveling friends, artists, nomads, international students and more. I find as I approach my middle years that […]
“ Playfully you hid from me. All day I looked. Then I discovered I was you, and the celebration of That began.” Lalla Accepting the invitation that is freely given to all of us but rarely wholeheartedly accepted by most, to fully embody the heart space. To fully be present in all areas of life. […]
It is approaching one year ago that my position in Integrative Medicine and Director of Planetree Services was eliminated at Windber Medical Center. It was a job that I loved. That I expanded and grew, developing programs, new policies, and much more. I was often frustrated but never bored. Working in the healing arts for […]