Shape Shifting…Changing my Path

Shape Shifting…Changing my Path

I’m having a BIG SUMMER. My youngest son is leaving home.  The beautiful boy whom we’ve raised and coddled is departing the nest and testing out his wings.  Interestingly, I feel different than when my first child left home; I felt grief and trepidation...
One Breath at a Time

One Breath at a Time

the gift of staying fully present in a world of change by Licia Berry, March 2008 Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. -Robert Frost She knows...
A Challenge to Men

A Challenge to Men

Dearest men, this world has a lot to do towards respect and safety for all people. In the last week through my work with PeaceJam and Unite Women, I have met several young men who are mortified with their male counterparts.  They are ashamed to be men, which is so sad...
The Castle in the Heart

The Castle in the Heart

 “When the heart opens, we see others, we feel the heart of others.” -Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche,  from Shambala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior I had the good fortune to be asked to lead a workshop at the PeaceJam Southeast Conference at Florida State University last...