All My Relations — All My Relations On this all hallow’s eve there is much more than candy and costume to consider — though these aspects of Halloween can be wonderful memory making experiences for kids of all ages. Celtic tradition (that I just looked up again) on this day is to celebrate the…

Grateful Smile of the Heart — Grateful Smile of the Heart What does balance look and feel like? My heart — both the one balanced in this picture and the one pumping blood through my body — seems balanced at the moment. The experience is not joy, but it’s also not stagnation. A scale with equal…

Writing from my heart — Writing from my heart My first experience of self care was when I learned to journal to myself as a child. It started with a five-year diary with a little key lock (many women have this sweet memory). The importance of this type of writing practice cannot be understated. …

“Love you, bye” — “Love you, bye” My partner, for years, has been saying “Love you, bye” to just about everyone. He says it in person, on the phone, to me, our kids; he says it to coworkers; he says it to telemarketers (at least to the ones he listens to — the others…

Swimming upstream — a mental construct? — Swimming upstream — a mental construct? Yesterday’s heart reading about the courage to heal did not include anything about the incredible gift I received earlier in the day; I figuratively swam around it. After years of going to this or that specialist, practitioner, or alternative healing artist, I visited a…

The courage to heal — The courage to heal What is healthy? Is it striving for the eternal physical capacity of one’s youth — at least in appearance if one is unable to achieve this in actual strength? Or is healthy sustaining a sense of balance and harmony in the body? In the mind? …

Love 101 — sustaining the basics — Love 101 — sustaining the basics You and I are alive because trees take up — inhale — carbon dioxide and release — exhale — oxygen. We are alive because water is life — water, both salinated and fresh, flows across this beautiful planet and through our bodies. …

Can we love 100% of the truth? — Can we love 100% of the truth? Isn’t this the most beautiful message?! This is one of the best random messages I have seen on the side of the road in a long time. THANK YOU being of love who put this inspiring sign up! Day 100. What is 100%…

Solidarity … alongside Hypocrisy — Solidarity … alongside Hypocrisy Last night was another one of those stare-at-the-corners-of-the-room-and-the-cobwebs-of-the-mind sort of nights. I felt a huge urge to cry and get the resulting biochemical benefits so I forced my eyes to stay open until a tear ran into my ear. That was the best I could muster…