This has been a year of staggering change for me.  On the level of the story that is. On the level of BEING… everything is exactly as it ever was, nothing has changed at all. Have you ever noticed that? That in the midst of all seeming chaos or even all seeming loveliness, there is something in you that is unmoved.  It’s that very same thing that makes you say things like, “I’m _____ age? I don’t feel ____...

-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 1. I wish I would have worried more about stuff. 2. I wish I would have worn a smaller pants size. 3. I wish I would have been harder on myself for everything. 4. I wish I would have toned my abs. 5. I wish I would have spent more time regretting the past. 6. I wish I...

” I found the secret to life…  I’m okay when everything is not okay.” — Tori Amos, Upside Down   Hello Beautiful’s, I’ve been meaning to write a post for ever-so-long, but between the launch of The Book, and a plate-full of work, the moment hasn’t come… until now. Oh, now. You are so sweet in all your nowness. ;) Always surprising me with some delicious experience to be savored… even the...

For the majority of my life I simultaneously feared/rejected and yet mentally chased-after the desires that appeared to me, and well… that hurt. Then one day new teachings arrived, and I began radically embracing all desires and no rejection of them would be tolerated.  But there was a belief in control running, and after a time, I couldn’t help but notice… I didn’t have any. and that hurt too, at first. Then, through a...