Musings
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.”
– Plato
Exiling the Voice by Exiling Yourself: giving you concrete writing exercises to finally shed its destructive nature…
This is a three part, three week, series about how to become aware of the negative self-talk we all have on some level, and how to replace it with a kind, loving inner voice, all inspired by the plot twists of travel. Part I: In which I describe this voice, and give...
Happy Merry Christmas: touched by a true Christmas angel
I’m bringing back this essay that I wrote six years ago when I was in the throes of impending empty nest. Every time I read it, I weep and awaken… Especially this time of year. May it land in your heart. Nothing that I planned for this Christmas season happened. And...
What to say when someone dies
Featured in Huffington Post and Thrive Global No one really knows what to say to someone when their loved one dies. You can say, “You’re in my thoughts and prayers,” and maybe that’s true. Maybe you actually know what to think or pray on that person’s behalf. ...
No Black Friday
Give yourself or someone you love a Haven Writing Retreat for the holidays! My next one is March 20-24, 2024 and it's filling fast. Click here for the other 2024 dates, more info, and to book an introductory call with me! I grew up in a suburb of Chicago with a town...
Thanksgiving Gravy Haven
Well, Thanksgiving is almost here and many of us fear the gravy. Fear NOT! You don't need flour. You don't need to reduce anything. And for heaven's sake, you don't need some powdered packet from the grocery store. I have been playing around with my gravy for...
Room: how one word can turn the scared into the sacred
***Still a few rare spots left on my October 24-27 Haven Writing Retreat! To book an intro call, go here. As seen on Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper Montanans like to say, “You won’t know that a mountain lion’s stalking you until you feel its teeth on the back of your...
Grateful for Gathering
It’s been two years since I’ve led my Haven Writing Retreats live in Montana and this month I led two back-to-back. I was deliriously happy. I sort of expected that happiness, but not to be so totally stunned by how hungry I was to gather again and in this profound...
Re-entry: To Dance Again
I hope you are all having a wonderful summer. Around here, people are going out in public and gathering in large groups again. Re-entry is an intense experience after the last year and a half of social distancing, sheltering in place, not being able to see people's...
Pass It On: random acts of pandemic kindness
“Maybe I need to think about how good random acts of kindness feel and that there’s still the opportunity for them. Maybe I need to realize that just because we’re in a pandemic, there are still ways to connect with people in the most mundane yet human way. And that perhaps, just perhaps, I need to stop using the pandemic as an excuse to be a hermit.”
An Ode to Migration and the “Willa’s Grove” Paperback Book Tour
“Birds, especially migrating birds, are what we need to not just hope, but to understand movement and unity. When they pass over us, they are stitching us to another place on the globe.”
