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There is power in recognizing our wants and wishes, focusing our awareness towards that which we long to experience in the world. Below is an activity that I did with 1st and 2nd graders. They anonymously wrote I Wish… statements on pieces of paper and placed them in a Bucket of Wishes. Recognizing that which […]

“Throughout our lives, we may experience emotions that disturb or distress us. Often, our first reaction is to push our feelings away. We may say, “I don’t want to think about that right now, I’ll think about it later” and we bury our emotions, deny the validity of our feelings, or distract ourselves with other […]

“A clear and powerful observation emitted from one’s loving heart is magnetic, compelling, difficult to brush aside and beautiful to behold.” “After people become fascinated with themselves by feeling both heard and seen through the eyes and ears of another, they will usually consider changing their behavior.” “Psychotherapy… the study and healing of the soul.” […]

A beautiful sunny spring day in Seattle. The wind blows a page of my notebook open. The words arrest my attention, perfectly complementing and communicating an essence in this moment. I get excited realizing this wants to be shared at easily amazed. Walking inside to retrieve the referenced book, my heart melts as I recognize […]

This photograph was taken in 1993. A starving Sudanese toddler struggling to reach a feeding center with a well-fed vulture perched behind her. Kevin Carter is the photographer who preserved this moment that we are now experiencing. He was awarded the Pulitzer prize for the photograph and three months later he committed suicide. How does […]

I’m floating in a sea of emergenceThe environment around meblossoming forthwith new life unfurling realities of visionseeding their way into manifest being A throbbing fiery center of essencepulls at my heart, inviting herto enter deeper–to fall in loveagainandagain She is being-becoming the fireShe is following the flow of essenceAnchoring in this moment Fire mandala by […]