Wake Up Call! – Love and Loss
LOVE AND LOSS Grief and loss invite us into expansive chambers of love. My friend Steve experienced the death of those closest to him over an eight year period. The…
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CHOOSING TO SEE? Choosing to see what is around us creates wonder and awe. Two friends and I were walking on the beach engrossed in catching up on our lives,…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Stop Clutching!
STOP CLUTCHING! Letting go of a possession frees you to embrace your dream and imagination. Friends of mine clutched onto owning a home with a crushing mortgage. Maintaining something associated…
Read moreWake Up Call! – An Expansive You
AN EXPANSIVE YOU Cultivating your voice expands your own humanity and that of others. Fran said she has spent most of her life not wanting to infringe on the views…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Generous Choices
GENEROUS CHOICES Choosing the path of generous communication offers new openings to being alive. Charles was in a quandary about a birthday card he’d bought to send to an estranged…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Allowing Awe
ALLOWING AWE Allowing awe to be present in your day expands your appreciation of time and space. I drove across the Satus Pass in Eastern Washington this week and pulled…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Present to Blessings
PRESENT TO BLESSINGS Be present to the blessings that fill your daily life! Friday was a busy, demanding work day for me and my spouse. I’d not planned that we…
Read moreWake Up Call! – In Awe
IN AWE Appreciating awe each day invites a mindful practice. At a recent event I spoke at Jean approached me asking what I thought about awe. She said her spiritual…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Beyond Fearing Fear
BEYOND FEARING FEAR Years ago my fears of coming out fully as a gay man were debilitating. The threat of being outed resulted in waking up to night sweats night…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Difficult Situations
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS Unexpected situations invite choices about how to be. Flight delays had me join other passengers trying to sleep in the baggage claim area of a New York airport.…
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