The voice of your ancestors reverberates in your cells. Hear them, speak them. Oxygen flows through your body. Inhabit your body as freely as it does. Sunlight reflects from your face. Radiate, illuminate. Your hands work with the memory of ancient trees and tools. Go where you are masterful. Do you see it yet?…
Lightness
This is how we nurture the seeds of joy, compassion, and strength.
Right now, you have access to an unlimited supply of peace. The kind of joyful, steady peace you can dip your toes into on a hot summer day. In this moment, you can have the fresh air of freedom, like opening all the windows and letting the light pour in. Whenever you want, you…
Rise Up, Free as a Bird
Last week, I asked our community what we’re practicing. Here’s a glimpse of what you said: Gentleness. Finding peace within so I can approach challenges (a person, a situation, a fear) from a positive place. Not being so hard on myself. Learning that my path is my path is my path. Today: Gratitude. Pausing and…
You are hope. You are your own home. You are LIGHT.
After all this time making herself disappear, she performed the miracle of bringing herself back to life. These are the words I’ve learned for myself, some the rock-bottom hard way, and the words I wrote down in a book I named, There, I Might Find Peace. They’re the words of transformation from darkness to light, hurting…
How to Find and Follow Your Calling
The day I gave up the search for who I ought to be and waiting for the world to say what should become of me was the day I looked with my heart, and what I saw was me. That day I listened with my heart, and what I heard was me. It was then…
On Twists and Turns and Dreaming (And a New Book!)
There’s something about this time of year that’s positively electric. Maybe it’s the dreams of summer vacation that I never grew out of (thank goodness) or that summer is birthday season or watching the college students I work with put on their graduation gowns like wings and take flight. Whatever it is, I wouldn’t trade…
3 Grounding Questions to Recalibrate and Recharge
As the calendar shifts into May, I’m craving time to pause and recalibrate. The last few weeks were full to say the least. There were the usual stresses that come with work, homework, and colds sweeping through the family, but also so much good. Like exciting ideas, a family wedding, and wrapping up the first…
A Message of Hope in a Simple Package
Sometimes the most profound messages come in the simplest packages. My daughter brings home piles of paper every day, and I discovered this in the middle of it: And on the back was this: (In case you need help deciphering a 5-year-old’s artwork, that’s a picture of her turning on the light.) Finding this…
How Breakthroughs Happen
About three months ago, something kind of amazing happened. It was a breakthrough, really. For three months, I’ve thought about that moment just about every day, and just about every day, I find new meaning in it. For three months, I’ve also thought about telling you the story of that breakthrough but could never decide…
Radiant Magic
Let your magic shine, radiating from your heart – beautify the world. Take a little moment for peace and love: 2-minute revitalizing meditation.