Ordinary As a Wheelbarrow Full of Potatoes

You would think that reflecting on Mother’s Day would be about my Mom. For some reason this Mother’s Day was filled with thoughts of my Dad. His birthday is May 11th and while it doesn’t always fall on Mother’s Day it did the year he was born and it did this year. He was also…

The Three R’s of Intuition

Expect to Be In the Flow of Life I think many people live in awe of the intuitive experience. I do. When it happens it’s an amazing sensation and brings joy, wonder and excitement to life. “You don’t still believe in coincidence?” my husband will tease. Speaking with friends this weekend we were talking about…

Living with Purpose in San Clemente

 Taking the time to search and examine. Yesterday we had an amazing workshop with Rev. Michael Gott of the Houston Unity Center. I knew I was in the right place when Michael clarified that while seeking happiness, peace, or a new career path is all well and good but finding Purpose is really at the…

Planting the Seeds of Peace

Kids need gardens more than they need iPads. Today’s Joyous Living Journal states that “It’s through simple awareness and subtle tweaks to behaviors that will make a difference, impacting all of us sharing this earth. When you don’t know better, you can’t act better.” I feel far more comfortable calling for complete revolution. I feel…

Three Questions for Healing

Stories of Hope and Healing The other week I found this book on my mother-in-love’s bookshelf. I was a little burned out on the books I was reading and it really called to me. She had picked it up from the used bookshelf at the CSLCV’s  bookstore. The book is called “Coyote Medicine” by Andrew…

I Release and I Let Go

Release and Tend Your Garden Mindfully Butterflies have a lot to teach us about change. My piano teacher used to tell me that butterflies were a sign of hope. Metamorphosis is no mild or gentle thing. Those catepillars liquify into a goopy mess before they are recontructed into a butterfly. We joined the Panhe celebration…

Are Your Choices Magical or Mundane?

Clear the mists around your Avalon. I remember reading “The Mists of Avalon” over winter break. My roomates were home with their families and I had the apartment to myself. While the snow fell outside I was warm and toasty eating bread smeared with butter and honey just like in my book on the mystical…

Could Ernest, would Ernest dance and sing?

Ernest Holmes reminds us to honor the Divine spark of creativity that is found within each of us. I’m in class again. Currently taking “The Essential Ernest” with Pattie Mercado and a group of seriously fantastic individuals. We read, we write, we think and then we get together on Monday nights to discuss it. I’ve…

Making Peace with the Troublemakers

Have you ever felt this way? “I was feeling all this oneness and peace and then you had to go and ruin it all!” Have you ever felt this way? I never have. Just kidding, it happens more than I care to admit. It’s all well and good when I am in my happy place,…