This New York Magazine article, How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise has been making its way through the email circuit. I found it to be a great article, well worth the read if you are involved in the lives of children (and adults!). Also, here is a handout that […]
Author Archives: ashley
Dear Loving You
Dear loving You, (says the moon) I see you lying thereheld with earthen hands.Your radiance reaches mein an arc of divine light. Your warmth is like a blanket of lovedraped over your friends, family, and kin. I see your light reflecting upon all that you touch,the nearby waves shimmer withyour gratitude and devotion. Dear loving […]
Dwelling Together in Unity
While I was on retreat a few weeks ago a Hebrew prayer began to sing through my being. Often since then I’ve found myself in moment’s of reverence singing this tune. The other night I looked up what the prayer is about… what is the message that arrived to me in Hebrew’s harmony, stirring in […]
Happy Heart Day
I’m all about celebrating the heart… so happy heart day to you! Since there is no way that I could give a tangible token of my love to all 250 studentsthat I work with, I decided to turn myself into a valentine day card.My front seen above and the back below. And this is the […]
A Dear Companion
Settling into the sacredness, I lie in the moon’s light . . . her radiance bathing me in divine lightshowering upon me a familiar blanket of love so close… family… kin a wave and another and anotherof gratitude and devotion memories of how this moon has beensuch a dear companion throughout lifefor me. with me […]
Good Experiences
Cathy introduced me to a new site, Good Experience, the logo is from their Good Experience Live conferences GEL. “Our mission is to encourage the creation of good, meaningful experiences in business and life.” I’m intrigued… and so am watching some of their videos to find out more. But mostly, they roped me in with […]
Recent Waves of My Life
Lately my writing practice has returned to it’s roots… I’m hand writing in my journal. I have been reunited with an old pattern where my journal lives as a friend and companion… with whom I share, explore, discover, uncover, inquire, set intentions, pray, cry and celebrate. Up until recently my journals had become a mixture […]