Self-Discovery
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Do you choose a word for the year?
I have chosen a word-for-the-year probably since around 2010. I remember hearing of the practice from singer-songwriter/life coach Christine Kane and thinking that it sounded *so* much more nourishing and supportive that tired old New Year Resolutions. And so I started the annual practice of choosing a word. But honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever had a word choose me before. Until this year…. In my work as a goddess guide, I am continually reminding my clients that they hold the wisdom that they seek, and that they already hold the tools that they need to use in order to access it. As is so often the case, we teach…
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Loving the questions…
It’s later in the day than I had intended to write this post. And I guess that’s how it will be sometimes. When you make a commitment to show up for your work in this kind of way, you sometimes have to accept that it won’t necessarily fall into the schedule you had planned. The important thing is that you continue to choose to show up. And so here I am, having made that choice, showing up… The reason for the slippery nature of my schedule is that today is the day that the regular Goddess Guidance readings are sent out for the month. Usually they go out…
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Time for something new…
It feels like a long time since I wrote here. For some reason, my feeling was that I had created a room of my own, and then somehow lost the key. So that instead of this being a place to write, it became an inaccessible realm where potential was locked in, and emptiness and silence ruled together – side by side. I have staged various quests to break through and begin (although I must admit, they were with only half a heart), but this time, it doesn’t feel like a quest. It feels like a very quiet homecoming. Like I’ve simply found the key after rummaging around the bottom of…
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Seeking Form
I find myself thinking about blogging a lot. Or specifically, how I don’t blog *enough*. Like there’s some magical optimum number of posts per week that I’m failing to hit publish on. Because, the thing is, I used to blog a lot. Often 2-3 posts a day. Back then it was about community and comments and conversation. Which, to be honest, is now mostly met for me through my engagement with FB. So, blogging needs to have a different function. And I haven’t figured out what that is. In fact, I’m beginning to consider that maybe I’m just not a blogger. For the last couple of years, the majority of…
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Confessions of a Selkie
So, I have a confession to make. I have never read Clarissa Pinkola Estes’ Women Who Run With The Wolves from cover to cover. It’s not that I haven’t had the time. And it’s not that I don’t respect the work that went into structuring this incredibly important book. In fact, I’m sure a lot of thought and effort when into the ordering of the chapters. Instead, it’s been a choice. My choice. You see, for me, this book is alive. It’s a living, breathing expression of women’s psyches as beautifully depicted and explored by one of our most important storytellers. It holds deep wisdom for all of us who…
