The Paradox: Safety vs. FreedomThis past Fall, on an Autumnal Equinox retreat with my teacher Jessi Magick, we examined the paradox.  The Autumnal...

The dirty little secret to hosting for slobsDirtyI have a dirty little secret. And it's dirty, filthy even. It is that I am, well, DIRTY. As much as...

Reflections on a Swinging Pendulum As I write this, it is the weekend after election day, 2024 in the United States. At this point, I’m not sure if...

Last Trip Reflection As I reflect on our last trip, 2024 has been a good season for #VanLife. If the count is correct, there were 40 nights spent in...

  My active compassion for job seekers began in the summer of 2020, when my colleague in the Lesley University Mindfulness Studies program,...

Radical Presence   There’s a commercial I’ve been hearing in the morning while indulging in my guilty pleasure of listening to Boston Sports...

Coexistence of Gratitude and GriefGratitude Although the coexistence between gratitude and grief is the essence of this story, it began in 2006 when...

Years of PhestivalsI don’t know if I can pinpoint the first time I heard a Phish jam. But I do recall that my years of phestivals were sprinkled...

Learnings from LughnasaWheel of the yearAccording to the Wheel of the Year, Lughnasa is a festival that celebrates the first harvest.  While I am no...

Making room for what is importantJust over two years ago, I voluntarily walked away from ‘safety.’  Or at least that is what my brain thought was...