Restorying our culture again.
We've lost ourselves and each other somewhere along the way, especially in the last six years. I wish there wasn't this weird tension between people, one you can feel, and yet no one's willing to have the hard conversation about
Bend to the Light
Monday I taught a brand new workshop to a room full of people who had never heard of me. On a platform filled with teachers who have changed my own life. It moved fast. It went well. To celebrate, I went
I Am Made for This
When traveling for work and getting ready in bathrooms with terrible light, I always do a makeup check selfie in the sunshine. A deep breath. A prayer for the event ahead. My friend told me she could see my readiness in
And We Keep Going
The inquiries have started coming in. And the biggest question, asked always with so much excitement, is when will you open? We feel like we are in the homestretch. And we are also so far away. We are at the mercy
A Cultivated Life
My friend and I were talking on Marco Polo (best app ever). She has the travel bug right now. I told her travel doesn't appeal to me even a little. She reflected something back to me. You're in a season where
Some things you document. Some things you just live.
This week I did my meetings from Monarch Meadows Retreat, which means I also gave three incredible friends a tour. And, I have no smiling selfies to post.Not one. I was working before they got there. Sweaty. Not exactly photo ready. And
The garden doesn’t lie.
It never fails. The joy that overtakes someone the moment I hand them a bouquet. "Oh my gosh, thank you! These are amazing. Oh my gosh, they smell so good!" "Wait, these are from your garden? You grew these?!" Almost always the same,
Discomfort is not the same as harm.
Discomfort is not the same as harm. Read that again. Slowly. Discomfort is not the same as harm. We have been so conditioned to protect people from hard feelings that we have started to confuse the two. And when we do that, we
How to Live Authentically When the World Keeps Asking for More
I recently asked a group of leaders to name their three biggest challenges, and to tell me their highest priority right now. I wasn't surprised by the answers. And yet, they still broke my heart a little. The most common problem named:
Two Swings of Rest & Play
Every time I walk the labyrinth at Monarch Meadows, I dream of two swings hanging from this tree. So I asked AI to put them there for me. A reminder of simpler times. A reminder that we must both rest and
