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Below are years (and years and years) of blog posts. I started WAY back in 2005! 

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6 Words that Change Everything

6 Words that Change Everything

You get to be 100% yourself, 100% of the time!  It's true: this is 10 words (plus the two %-signs). I'm...

Everything You Need

Everything You Need

In the midst of life's ups and down, I am grateful for that which is steady, familiar, and comfortable. I...

About Being Ordinary

About Being Ordinary

The desire, temptation, and lure to live an extraordinary life is strong; to figure out our “one thing;” to...

Unanswerable Questions

Unanswerable Questions

It seems that we are endlessly confronted with realities that confound, enrage, and incense. We sift through...

The Devastation of Hope

The Devastation of Hope

Last week I watched someone I love ascend into the heights of joy only to descend into its complete...

Living from a Softer Place

Living from a Softer Place

For as grateful (and amazed) as I am that I've completed my book, it is an incredibly odd thing to place it...

Mystery and Magic

Mystery and Magic

We can never know with any degree of certainty all the ways in which our choices, our life, has rippled far,...

Seemingly Random Things

Seemingly Random Things

My oldest daughter lives about 9.5 hours away; a reasonable road-trip. So, in preparation for my most recent...

My Struggle with Envy

My Struggle with Envy

A few weeks back, in the midst of my morning writing/journaling, I reflected on a snippet of my behavior....

About South Stars

About South Stars

I was talking with a client a few weeks back who can honestly and confidently state that she is strong and...

About Rest

About Rest

In her book, Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto, Tricia Hersey says this: “Rest is radical because it disrupts...

Use Your Imagination

Use Your Imagination

There is something incredibly powerful about good fiction, yes? The craft of it. The story itself. And the...

About Being In Control

About Being In Control

A few weeks back I was in a place I haven’t been for two-plus years: wearing a lavalier mic, standing in...

I am NOT the Crazy One!

I am NOT the Crazy One!

No big surprise: I love books! A ton of them are on my Kindle and most of the time I’m good with reading the...

About My Book

About My Book

It feels WAY too far away to actually talk about, let alone celebrate, but still, I’m naming it: On 10.3.23...

Learning to Trust Your Heart

Learning to Trust Your Heart

Growing up, I learned that the only voices I was to trust were those outside of me. Parents. My elders....

If I had a Book Group

If I had a Book Group

I ordered a book a few weeks back, but have basically avoided it since it arrived. Well, until a couple...

Happy 26th Birthday, Emma Joy!

Happy 26th Birthday, Emma Joy!

How is it possible that you are 26 today? (The question I'm really asking is how it is possible that I have...

“I’m so proud of you!”

“I’m so proud of you!”

I have had conversations with clients in past weeks where a sense of self-pride showed up . . . and then was...

For Days of Self-Loathing

For Days of Self-Loathing

I came across a poem a few weeks back by Nikita Gill. The corner of the page was folded down — evidence that...

Happy 24th Birthday, Abby!

Happy 24th Birthday, Abby!

Happy Birthday, sweet girl. Every year I wonder how it is possible that twelve months / fifty two weeks /...

1000 Words on Aging

1000 Words on Aging

Being 61 is not what I expected…though I don’t know that I could tell you, with any degree of specificity,...

About “someday”

About “someday”

You know of Lizzo, yes? Her music, her recent show on Amazon — Watch Out For the Big Grrrls, her incredible...

Stepping Into Fear

Stepping Into Fear

Every so often, when you’ve come into fear, you’ve walked away. What if today you held that tremble, and...

About the quiet and silence.

About the quiet and silence.

  So often, I talk about a woman’s voice and courage and sovereignty. Yours. Mine. Ours. It matters. It is...

About the Ocean and Anguish

About the Ocean and Anguish

I’ve spent a lot of time at the beach lately. As soon as we arrive, my 9-year-old niece Grace, runs to the...

Women Know Everything

Women Know Everything

My sister bought me a book a few weeks back: Women Know Everything! 3241 Quips, Quotes and Brilliant Remarks...

4 Things I Want You to Know

4 Things I Want You to Know

As you undoubtedly know, I spend countless hours (decades, really) in the midst of ancient, sacred stories...

About Time

About Time

I’ve been thinking a lot about time lately; struggling with it in some ways. And oddly, it’s not because I...

About Being an Outlaw

About Being an Outlaw

Yes, about being an outlaw...but also archetypes and exhaustion and self-care and then some. The dictionary...

Not practicing what I preach

Not practicing what I preach

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my desire. No. That’s not quite true. I’ve been thinking a lot lately...

What Matters in a Broken World?

What Matters in a Broken World?

I’ve been sitting with a particular question lately that haunts me, in many ways: How are we to make sense...

1 quote and 3 (tiny) topics

1 quote and 3 (tiny) topics

The Quote: Re-vision–the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new,...

About hearing voices…

About hearing voices…

Yes, let’s talk about hearing voices…And (just a bit) about RAISING our voices and being countercultural! ...

About welcoming exhaustion…

About welcoming exhaustion…

It may sound strange, but for me, exhaustion is welcome. Years ago I had a job with a 90-minute commute each...

3 Ways to Step into Gratitude

3 Ways to Step into Gratitude

There’s a very old Hebrew Psalm that’s been circling in my mind lately. It’s an ancient prayer that is...

About Being Alone

About Being Alone

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about being alone: the difference between actually being alone and feeling...

The Voices in Your Head

The Voices in Your Head

As women, there are times in which we are nearly overwhelmed by the voices in our head, the subtle and...

Devotion instead of To-Do’s

Devotion instead of To-Do’s

If you grew up in a world anything like mine. Devotion(s) were something you did - religiously - if you were...

Why I’ve Given Up on Prayer

Why I’ve Given Up on Prayer

I grew up in a very strong faith tradition, so have always had a clear understanding of prayer: its purpose,...

Wisdom from Dr. Sharon

Wisdom from Dr. Sharon

I came across a Facebook post by Brene Brown a few weeks back. She was talking about her recent conversation...

3 Ways to be Determined & Wise

3 Ways to be Determined & Wise

There’s an ancient, sacred story told of a woman who had the capacity to influence a man of power, who was...

Why I Left My Corporate Job

Why I Left My Corporate Job

My thoughts on fear, courage, and being an entrepreneur. In January of 2018 I left my 10-year-old online...

On hope (via Emily Dickinson)

On hope (via Emily Dickinson)

I have always loved these stanzas by Emily Dickinson: Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the...

Happy 25th Birthday, Emma Joy!

Happy 25th Birthday, Emma Joy!

How is it possible that you are 25?  How is it possible that my memories-like-they-were-yesterday of your...

Happy 23rd Birthday, Abby!

Happy 23rd Birthday, Abby!

I’m sure I say something similar every year, but how is it possible that you are 23 today? How is it...

See yourself as a miracle

See yourself as a miracle

When I was 8 or 9, my newborn sister went into the hospital. I don’t remember the details. I don’t remember...

How to Trust Your Inner Wisdom

How to Trust Your Inner Wisdom

I could offer you a whole bunch of reasons why you can and should trust your wisdom, why it’s reliable, why...

4 Way to Hear Your Own Wisdom

4 Way to Hear Your Own Wisdom

It’s taken me years (and years and years) to acknowledge that I had wisdom that was uniquely, distinctly...

A 3-Step Plan Worth Following

A 3-Step Plan Worth Following

I lived a very long season of my life (decades, really) in which I was endlessly on the hunt to find a plan...

Remember Who You Are

Remember Who You Are

I talk about sovereignty all the time. It’s a program I offer. But more than all else, it’s a reality, a...

The Voices in Your Head

The Voices in Your Head

Maybe it's only me, but no matter how long it's been since some of my less-than-stellar stories took place,...

Your Wild Voice Within

Your Wild Voice Within

...the shadow of Wild Woman still lurks behind us during our days and in our nights. No matter where we are,...

No imagination required…

No imagination required…

There’s a story I love to tell of a mostly unknown woman named Jael. She singlehandedly won a huge battle...

The struggle that IS worthwhile

The struggle that IS worthwhile

I love Leo Tolstoy’s opening line in Anna Karenina: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is...

Write Toward Vulnerability

Write Toward Vulnerability

If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal....

Belief: Then & Now

Belief: Then & Now

There was a time in which any question about what I believed merited a simple, obvious, and expected answer....

Sit still. Be quiet. Feel.

Sit still. Be quiet. Feel.

Now that both of my girls live miles, states, and flights away from me, I find myself transitioning into...

Changing Everything

Changing Everything

If you want to learn about a culture, listen to the stories. If you want to change a culture, change the...

Wisdom does as Wisdom says

Wisdom does as Wisdom says

Women hold all the wisdom they could ever need, that the planet could ever need, that the world so...

If your stories could talk…

If your stories could talk…

A number of years ago I learned about intertextuality. It is how one text speaks to or shapes another; how...

Hearing Voices

Hearing Voices

I am neck-deep in manuscript-writing these days. This book, my book, this thing I've been nurturing and...

A DSM-V Code

A DSM-V Code

Did you know that there is a DSM-V code for religious or spiritual problems?  Yep: V-Code 62.89.  Apparently...

A late-night text

A late-night text

I’ve been thinking about the wisdom that has shaped much of my life. I’m grateful for some of it, to be...

Refrigerator-Magnet Wisdom

Refrigerator-Magnet Wisdom

Last month I was in a bookstore in Lexington, KY with both of my daughters. We wandered in three different...

Go Deeper Still, Still…

Go Deeper Still, Still…

(I first published this post on 12/31/14. It seems to me to be as relevant as ever.) Go deeper still... You...

The stories we tell ourselves

The stories we tell ourselves

I've been thinking about the stories I tell - those of ancient, sacred women who have been absented from our...

My grown-up Christmas list:

My grown-up Christmas list:

One of my favorite Christmas carols by Amy Grant, offers these lyrics: “No more lives torn apart, That wars...

Today is my birthday!

Today is my birthday!

I am 60 years old today. How is that even possible? The days leading up to this one have been filled with...

Remember who you are

Remember who you are

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old; but now I am a woman again – as I always am when I write. I...

She was a voice

She was a voice

I ordered and read The Book of Longings last week. Written by Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of...

Happy 24th Birthday, Emma Joy!

Happy 24th Birthday, Emma Joy!

Happy 24th Birthday, Emma Joy.Though I’ve written these missives every year for a very long time, this one...

Militancy + Hope + Desire

Militancy + Hope + Desire

(A Sunday Sermon, of sorts - even though it's not a Sunday...) To refuse to participate in the shaping of...

Happy 22nd Birthday, Abby!

Happy 22nd Birthday, Abby!

For many years I have written you a blog post on this day - commemorating the year that has passed and all I...

The shadows are not our home

The shadows are not our home

We wake up each morning and watch the world around us burn. We see corruption, scandal, and the decimation...

What is 23?

What is 23?

I don’t like to even think about when I was 23, truth-be-told. Which is why I love to think of you. You,...

Happy 21st Birthday, Abby!

Happy 21st Birthday, Abby!

Yesterday, when out running errands, I idled at an intersection and watched a homeless man holding a sign...

Retrieving the Fragments

Retrieving the Fragments

Although women’s words have been censored or eliminated from much of [our] heritage, in the midst of the...

The you you know best

The you you know best

Who would you be if you didn’t hold back? If all your power, compassion, love, and strength roared into any...

In tribute to Mary Oliver

In tribute to Mary Oliver

At the end of last week, in reflecting on Mary Oliver’s life – small respite in the wake of her death – I...

Redefining Ordinary

Redefining Ordinary

The desire, temptation, and lure to live an extraordinary life is strong; to figure out our “one thing;” to...

Believing the Voice Within You

Believing the Voice Within You

A voice dwells within you that can be trusted, that longs to be listened to, that consistently speaks truth....

As 2019 begins…

As 2019 begins…

To hope is to gamble. It’s to bet on your futures, on your desires, on the possibility that an open heart...

Extravagant

Extravagant

There’s an ancient sacred story told of a woman who was beautifully, lavishly, even shockingly extravagant....

Hannah

Hannah

Have you ever had a desire, a hunger, a longing so profound that any sacrifice would be worth its...

The Women at the Tomb

The Women at the Tomb

All we have are the stories, based on the unreasonable experience of people we never knew–and the choice of...

The Widow of Nain

The Widow of Nain

There is an ancient story told of a widow whose only son died. With him went her last semblance of family,...

Sophia

Sophia

Wisdom seeking is difficult because, as Martha Nussbaum has written, “Knowing can be violent, given the...

Stories that Still Speak

Stories that Still Speak

I’ve been awake for hours. Christmas tree lights on. Coffee made. Fire lit. Snuggled up on the couch. Laptop...

The birth of my blog…

The birth of my blog…

When you write, you have to attempt something greater than you can possibly hope to accomplish. That is the...

Happy 22nd, Emma Joy!

Happy 22nd, Emma Joy!

It was shocking enough to acknowledge your sister’s 20th birthday – the fact that I no longer have...

Happy 20th Birthday, Abby!

Happy 20th Birthday, Abby!

How has the day arrived in which I no longer have teenagers? How is it that today you turn 20? I stand in...

A story about (in)visibility

A story about (in)visibility

Women: you are not unseen, unheard, or invisible! Ever! Do you ever feel as though you (and other women) are...

You’re Allowed to Run

You’re Allowed to Run

It is excruciating to be the victim of someone’s scorn, passive-aggressive behavior, or blatant harm. All of...

3 Verses and a Refrain

3 Verses and a Refrain

Verse #1: There is good news. Nothing about you is broken. Nothing about you is wrong. Nothing about you...

4 Takeaways that Matter

4 Takeaways that Matter

I spend countless hours in the midst of the ancient, sacred stories of women - wanting and wondering how to...

What I need you to remember:

What I need you to remember:

We are desperate to see ourselves in powerful and empowering ways. It’s no wonder: we have too-often and for...

Do the Next Thing

Do the Next Thing

I don’t know about you, but when I read or hear the stories of amazing women (which is ALL the time), I have...

I’m right about this…

I’m right about this…

Chances are pretty high that if your desire is strong enough, acute enough, and impossible to dissuade,...

No Fairy Godmother

No Fairy Godmother

There’s a story I love to tell of a mostly unknown woman who singlehandedly won a huge battle for an entire...

Before Mother’s Day

Before Mother’s Day

With Mother’s Day less than a week away, it feels appropriate to name and honor our larger, longer...

Fanning Desire’s Flame

Fanning Desire’s Flame

Desire is a tricky thing. To desire feels dangerous because we might not get what we want. To desire is...

Before Valentine’s Day

Before Valentine’s Day

I have an ambivalent relationship with Valentine’s Day. When young(er), I wished and prayed that I would...

Magical Thinking

Magical Thinking

Many of us wait around or secretly hope that something magical will happen. If I’m lucky enough, patient...

As 2018 begins…

As 2018 begins…

Rebecca Solnit has written a book called, The Mother of All Questions: Further Reports from the Feminist...

These Stories Still Speak

These Stories Still Speak

I’ve been awake since 4:30 this morning. Uncharacteristically, instead of lying in bed and trying to tame my...

12 Years of Blogging

12 Years of Blogging

I find it almost impossible to believe that 12 years have passed since I meekly created a WordPress site and...

Champagne on a Tuesday

Champagne on a Tuesday

My oldest daughter, Emma Joy, turns 21 today. Yes, Halloween. I can still picture her, just placed in my...

Women Joining & Healing

Women Joining & Healing

I feel like I am drowning in a sea of opinions, disasters, tragedies, trauma, harm, violence, and...

Happy 19th Birthday, Abby!

Happy 19th Birthday, Abby!

Your birthday. Nineteen. Somehow, it feels different this year. As I was thinking about what to write today,...

My Empty Nest

My Empty Nest

I can hardly believe the title of this post, the truth and heft of just three small words, the fact that...

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

I feel a heavy, collective shame. I feel stuck, trapped even, between not knowing what to say or what to do...

About Being Ubiquitous

About Being Ubiquitous

This post could be entitled About Being God Without Realizing Such. I came across this word while reading a...

My Heart (Monitor)

My Heart (Monitor)

I am hooked up to a heart monitor right now. It’s mobile – just four electrodes connected to various and...

God on a Woman’s Terms

God on a Woman’s Terms

For most of us, the word "sacred" conjures some thought of God. Perhaps you associate this with a positive...

Why do you write?

Why do you write?

"Why do you write?" was a question recently asked of me.  Here’s my answer: I write because it is the space...

Easter 2017

Easter 2017

I will not be attending Easter services today. I will not witness the rows of shiny, white patent-leather...

My Left-Hand Side

My Left-Hand Side

I did a quick mapping of my body the other day. Here’s what I discovered – from top tobottom: Many mornings,...

Nevertheless, we persist!

Nevertheless, we persist!

On Tuesday, February 7, 2017, Senator Elizabeth Warren began to read a letter Coretta Scott King wrote in...

For now. Not forever.

For now. Not forever.

I have felt more like a passive observer, than riled-up revolutionary since Donald Trump became president....

Goodbye, Twitter

Goodbye, Twitter

I cancelled and closed my Twitter account last week.  I’m almost hesitant to mention it; it was so...

January 1, 2017

January 1, 2017

What dreams lie dormant hidden in the womb of your soul, quietly waiting, incubating seeking opportunity to...

Why Stories Matter

Why Stories Matter

We live in a world of stories. Childhood fairytales shape our dreams and hopes. Family legends, imparted...

A Reflection on 12

A Reflection on 12

12 represents the completed cycle of experience. 12 is the symbol of cosmic order. There are 12 months in a...

Yes, yesterday. Now what?

Yes, yesterday. Now what?

Yesterday, November 9, 2016, I did all the things I always do: I made coffee. I journaled. I gave my...

November 9, 2016

November 9, 2016

I woke up this morning to news I did not expect and cannot believe: Donald Trump has won the presidential...

On the Phone vs. In a Pew

On the Phone vs. In a Pew

I had a conversation yesterday with a friend. She’s married. I’m not anymore. She lives in the South. I...

Musings on Being Single

Musings on Being Single

On days like today I wrestle with what to do. It’s a Saturday morning. Little requires my time or attention...

20 Years Ago Today

20 Years Ago Today

I’m awake far too early – no reason for me to be up at this hour. But rather than sleep – or attempt such, I...

In line at Starbucks…

In line at Starbucks…

Although women’s words have been censored or eliminated from much of our heritage, in the midst of the pain...

So, I’ve written a book…

So, I’ve written a book…

The subtitle is “A Braided Essay on Women and Silence and Shame.” And it’s published, printed, physical,...

Happy 18th Birthday, Abby

Happy 18th Birthday, Abby

How is it possible that this day is here? Surprisingly, miraculously pregnant with you – wasn’t that just a...

My Three-Graces Season

My Three-Graces Season

I went in search of Renaissance art today, remembering that there was a particular period in which women’s...

Bloodline

Bloodline

What if you claimed your legacy, your inheritance, your very bloodline? As a daughter of Eve – the best Eve,...

On Writing – #4

On Writing – #4

This week, I’m offering a series of posts on writing – ones I’ve written before, new ones yet unseen,...

On Writing – #3

On Writing – #3

This week, I’m offering a series of posts on writing – ones I’ve written before, new ones yet unseen,...

On Writing – #2

On Writing – #2

This week, I’m offering a series of posts on writing – ones I’ve written before, new ones yet unseen,...

On Writing – #1

On Writing – #1

This week, I’m offering a series of posts on writing – ones I’ve written before, new ones yet unseen,...

Living an Ordinary Life

Living an Ordinary Life

The desire, temptation, and lure to live an extraordinary life is strong; to figure out our “one thing;” to...

It’s all going to end badly

It’s all going to end badly

A few weeks ago, while talking to my therapist, I mentioned my ongoing and haunting hunch that the archetype...

The New Colossus

The New Colossus

By Tanya Geisler   For the last two years, I’ve been writing with a group of amazing women writers....

Orlando: 2 words that matter

Orlando: 2 words that matter

Yesterday morning my daughter told me about the mass-shooting in Orlando. I had no words other than “I’m so...

A Woman’s Story

A Woman’s Story

There is an ancient, sacred story told of a woman who was prophetess and judge. No other story like hers...

A story for Mother’s Day

A story for Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day used to be the hardest day of the year for me – when lost in the throes of infertility. That is...

Is beauty worth $8 + tax?

Is beauty worth $8 + tax?

As I sat down to journal this morning, I spotted the fresh tulips I bought just four days ago. They are...

Why didn’t you just say so?

Why didn’t you just say so?

I’ve been binge-watching The Newsroom for the past week. This morning I woke up far too early for a...

Desire for Desire’s Sake

Desire for Desire’s Sake

Desire is a tricky thing. To desire feels dangerous because we might not get what we want (and...

The Scent of a Woman

The Scent of a Woman

I’m not sure how he knew to gift me with perfume, this particular perfume – this man I’d been dating only 6...

What if you didn’t hold back?

What if you didn’t hold back?

Who would you be if you didn’t hold back? If all your power, compassion, love, and strength roared into any...

On Miracles

On Miracles

I made a video a few days back in which I talked of Tabitha. Little known. Rarely told. Hugely significant....

Remember who you are (x3)

Remember who you are (x3)

We are desperate to see ourselves in powerful and empowering ways. It’s no wonder: we have too-often and for...

Tears

Tears

Tears are a river that takes you somewhere...Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it...

Boom-Boom, Boom-Boom

Boom-Boom, Boom-Boom

I often listen to podcasts in the morning. Out of the shower, getting ready for my day. Today’s didn’t...

Letting Go and Holding On

Letting Go and Holding On

Living through years of infertility taught me an invaluable lesson. And truth-be-told, I continue to learn...

Tidings of Great Joy

Tidings of Great Joy

It’s an early evening in December, 1966. I am six years old, standing on a stage, proudly fulfilling the...

When Darkness Threatens

When Darkness Threatens

But a grave separateness has invaded the world... ~ Naomi Shihab Nye It is said that in the beginning,...

Today: 10 years of Blogging!

Today: 10 years of Blogging!

10 years ago today, November 15, 2005, I wrote and published my very first blog post. No one knew but me....

Nearly 20 years ago . . .

Nearly 20 years ago . . .

It was nearly 20 years ago that I hastily opened the drugstore-purchased home-pregnancy test, that I tried...

A Woman’s Fight

A Woman’s Fight

There’s an old, old story told of the patriarch, Jacob, who wrestled through the night with an angel-man,...

Happy 17th Birthday, Abby!

Happy 17th Birthday, Abby!

Today marks the 9th year in which I have written a blog post on your birthday – celebrating you, honoring...

Turning This Impossible Page

Turning This Impossible Page

I bought a new journal a few weeks back. Planning ahead. Knowing my current one was nearly full. Wanting to...

Using a Pseudonym

Using a Pseudonym

I’ve been wondering lately what I would write if I had a pseudonym, if I wrote with some super-secret name....

Make your mark!

Make your mark!

Stop listening to the insipid internal and external voices that tell you you’re inconsequential, that you...

Messy is Preferable

Messy is Preferable

Sunday morning was a known and predictable entity for me while growing up; a thing in and of itself. No...

Chasing Rainbows

Chasing Rainbows

The night I saw THE rainbow was the culmination of another out-of-town weekend. I was in my 20’s (a very...

The Wild Voice Within

The Wild Voice Within

There is a voice within that says more and edits less. It digs deep and dives down. It is impossible to...

A freewrite on faith

A freewrite on faith

There have been times in which my own writing has taken me to places of surprise, insight, and even tears....

Channeling Etta James

Channeling Etta James

It’s just before 7:00 on Friday night. I sit in the high school auditorium, about the fifth row from the...

Telling Myself (no more) Lies

Telling Myself (no more) Lies

I have recently uncovered an interesting belief I hold within. It’s not pleasant. And frankly, I’m not all...

The Day I Spoke Up in Class

The Day I Spoke Up in Class

For most of my life I’ve been a rule-follower. I am really good at figuring out what’s expected and then...

Living in the in-between

Living in the in-between

Once upon a time, long before women had volition or will as to who they married, a search commenced for the...

I am not shocked by you.

I am not shocked by you.

There’s a story I love to tell of a mostly unknown woman who singlehandedly won a huge battle for a whole...

Easter and Eve

Easter and Eve

What if Easter was about Eve? What would it be like if the entire “Christian” world celebrated the day that...

About My HUGE Celebration!

About My HUGE Celebration!

About four weeks ago, I posted a picture on Facebook of a glass of champagne, hinting that I had something...

In the midst . . .

In the midst . . .

Here is what I know about you: Right now, in the midst, you embody the Feminine. Right now, in the midst,...

Tipping the Scales (finally!)

Tipping the Scales (finally!)

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips,...

Imagination and then some…

Imagination and then some…

Imagination is a wonderful, healing, redeeming, strengthening, transformative thing. I spend a lot of my...

About rain and tears and grief

About rain and tears and grief

My desk sits in front of two windows that look out on stark trees. For now, there are no leaves in sight....

Chances are…

Chances are…

Chances are pretty high that if your desire is strong enough, acute enough, and impossible to dissuade,...

Go Deeper Still

Go Deeper Still

You already know this: there is profound beauty and wisdom that lies in wait – deep within you. When you...

Telling Stories

Telling Stories

"Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.”...

Get Out of that Kitchen!

Get Out of that Kitchen!

There is an ancient sacred story told of two sisters – Mary and Martha. It goes as follows: As Jesus and the...

The Sacred in a High School Gym

The Sacred in a High School Gym

Yesterday morning I sat in a high school gym surrounded by teenagers. The Veteran’s Day Assembly. I wasn’t...

Happy 18th Birthday, Emma Joy!

Happy 18th Birthday, Emma Joy!

I do not know whether to cry uncontrollably or celebrate wildly, Emma. Perhaps both. Both...and then some....

Everything is Sacred

Everything is Sacred

“In this moment, everything is sacred.” ~ Ariel Books Oh, how we long to accede to this intellectually, but...

How to usher in the gods.

How to usher in the gods.

While at the movie theater last night, I sat enthralled through the trailer for Exodus: Gods and Kings. Out...

Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen

As you well know, Abby, my words seem to know no end. In the midst, I hope you hear those that express my...

Maybe it’s (not) only me

Maybe it’s (not) only me

Maybe this sounds familiar: You are in conversation with someone. As they are talking you hear another...

When Wisdom Eludes

When Wisdom Eludes

I remember one afternoon, years ago, sitting in my living room with a woman I deeply respected. I talked to...

Just this . . .

Just this . . .

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Do not be afraid. ~ Frederich Buechner

The other woman

The other woman

Every once in a while, out of the corner of my eye, I glimpse the other woman. She looks so much like me,...

Holding my Breath.

Holding my Breath.

I’ve been holding my breath lately. It’s a trying season as a mom. I feel heartache over a relationship’s...

I Am A Medial Woman

I Am A Medial Woman

The Medial Woman...is a representation of the strong-sighted and deep-hearted self who lives simultaneously...

Go Into the Darkness.

Go Into the Darkness.

Gazing into the mirror, I saw myself as I was – a black silhouette in the room, a woman whose darkness had...

A letter to myself

A letter to myself

Dear Me: Exhaustion. I see it. It’s down deep, far beneath the surface. A weariness that comes from holding...

Letting Silence Speak

Letting Silence Speak

I can feel the silence within me. It is deep, strong, dark, passionate, swirling, boiling, pulsing. A...

An Easter Reflection

An Easter Reflection

I will not be attending Easter services today.  I will not witness the rows of shiny, white patent-leather...

Where Wisdom Dwells

Where Wisdom Dwells

Where is wisdom to be found when you need and want it the most?  Here’s the quick answer: within you. ...

For such a time as this.

For such a time as this.

Sometimes if not oftentimes, the circumstances in which you find yourself are the last ones you want. You...

Transforming Your Story (Part 3)

Transforming Your Story (Part 3)

Transforming Your Story – The “How” Part 3 of a series. 12 posts scattered throughout 2014 on Transforming...

Speak the language women speak.

Speak the language women speak.

“We must learn to speak the language women speak when there is no one there to correct us.” ~ Helene Cixous...

Because I Am Older

Because I Am Older

I could talk about what I have learned these past 53 years, about how my body doesn’t move or respond quite...

Sophia and Quantum Physics

Sophia and Quantum Physics

I had to figure out how to find Sophia. Or make the space for her to find me. One day I came to realize that...

Believing in Another World

Believing in Another World

The debate is long, old, and exhausting. Is there life beyond ours, in other places, on other planes or...

Don’t Look Back

Don’t Look Back

Danielle LaPorte recently said, "Do not give your past the power to define your future." Nowhere is this...

TRUTH is a warrior

TRUTH is a warrior

I’ve spent the last few days at a beautiful, private, and extremely quiet place. I’ve spent a lot of time...