Our days can be same-old, same-old. It’s easy to fall into a comfortable routine. We get up, shower, have coffee, drive to work, do our job, come home. Or… One day we get in the car, go for a drive and see where it takes us. We call someone we haven’t spoken to in years. […]

I enjoy reading about someone who’s doing something I’m completely unqualified to do, or could ever imagine doing, to learn a thing or two that would benefit my life. Here’s an example, and it’s happening currently on the game show Jeopardy. Do I watch Jeopardy? Nope, but I heard about it. Could I ever play […]

I’m not a person prone to inviting friends to spontaneous dinners at my house. I’d like to be more of a “sure, come on over” kind of person, but in general, I’m not. Because… any dinner, no matter how simple, seems to require some sort of more-special-than-usual food prep, cleaning the house, and straightening things […]

Do you have romantic ideas about love and partnership, ideas that tug at your heart strings? Most of us do. Many romantic ideas are fun and lovely and light-hearted and, in my book, ideas that make life more delightful are probably pretty good ones to keep. Ideas like… what makes a good Sunday morning together, […]

My very first paid singing job was for the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC. I was not a trained singer, I was new as new can be. How did it happen? A member of the National Cathedral clergy found me singing in St. Joseph Chapel one day and stopped to listen. “What are you […]

My friend Giuseppe would probably be Santa Claus if he wasn’t a massage therapist. When I showed up at his downtown office for an appointment one day, he looked at me with his squinty-I-can-see-your-energy eyes, and said with a twinkle, “How are you?” I replied, “I’m fine.” And then the l-a-u-g-h-i-n-g began!

Mooji: “First, completely know yourself.” YOGA TRUTH: Breathe deep. Remembering to breathe slowly and fully is, in itself, a life-changing practice for daily life. If humans breathed deeply before speaking, the world would surely be a more gentle place.

Max Christensen is a treasure. A world treasure. An energy treasure. Max is a teacher of teachers. Max is one of the most important people I’ve spent time with in my life. Anything I can say about him will not express deeply enough or accurately enough who he is. When you meet him, you’ll know […]

The happily ever after story of marriage is a fairy tale, and it’s told often. Even to this day, people believe it. The truth is, a loving relationship is not a fairy tale. A loving relationship won’t make bad stuff go away. It won’t downplay issues we harbor, or things that trouble or challenge us.

Recently, I got together with girlfriends for a potluck meal, which I knew would be delightful, but didn’t expect it to be magic. After a tour of our host’s artsy home, all of us were in awe of her various collections. As we settled in for the meal, we could have talked about the usual […]

Person meets person. They fall in love, get married. But down the road, the connection is strained to the max. The good fairy tale has gone bad. How does this happen? How does something seemingly good and true go sideways? I’ve done this good-going-sideways thing at least six solid times. Though it took me quite […]

It would be good to know information that could save someone’s sight, right? Yours or someone you know? Sight in my left eye was, in fact, saved by the kindness of a blogger describing the symptoms of a detached retina. I’m paying it forward. A detached retina happens when the tissue at the back of […]

Today, I want to talk about the importance of addressing a small issue before it grows into a soul-draining bully of a thing. I hope today’s post encourages you to make small changes. Because over time, the result of small changes can be phenomenal. Most of us do well most of the time. We’re awake, […]

First chance you get, go find a pine tree. If possible, find a big one. Lie on the ground under it, preferably on a couple of inches of soft pine needles. Look up through the branches. Breathe. Do nothing much. Notice how the fragrance of the pine comes down to meet you. When earthing is […]

I’ve been thinking about our most satisfying, loving relationships and how they are made — how every piece, every element, every feature moves into place to create an experience of friendship, say, or being in love. Which made me think about Haute Couture. How freely a beautiful garment is imagined. How a sketch on paper […]