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I’m still a little overwhelmed (but in a very good way) by the amount of SUPPORT I received last week when I wrote about Belle. People shared so many beautiful memories of her that I’d forgotten or which were uniquely theirs. In particular, I didn’t realize how many artistic events she’d attended, alwa...

This meditation is 6 minutes long with 7 minutes more of music by my talented friend David Buchs. You can stream it or download below. Click toDownload

I almost didn’t write this…but she would have wanted me to. It was over a decade ago when I began talking to strangers about Belle, my chocolate lab. Specifically, to students in public yoga classes. We were required to open each class with a “Dharma Talk”––a short sharing of the spirit of yoga philo...

Like you I’m sure, I subscribe to way too many mailing lists. Since information fatigue seems more and more rampant, a whole lot of them are trying to manage my anxiety by telling me that yes, they’re going to inform me…but in only the most moderate doses, ones I just might be able to handle. In fact, ...

Are you an Imposter Quiz HERE At this point, the odds are microscopic that I will ever get any tattoos. It’s not so much a style thing or an avoidance of pain. It’s that I’ve evolved enough to question just how permanent a statement I want to make on my own body. If I did reverse my position on bod...

I wanted to keep this email super-short for a few reasons. First, I’m working on launching something this month that I’m excited about. Second, and more importantly, quite frankly there’s way too much hype about 2021 already. As the comedian Jordan Firstman shared in his IG “Impersonation” of 2021 in...

This guided visualization meditation is about 6 minutes long, followed by 15 minutes more of music by my friend David Buchs. It can be streamed or downloaded. Click toDownload

Your 1st Free Gift is HERE. Most of the time, I can never decide which of these two contradictory quotes rings more true: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” (It’s usually attributed to him, but Benjamin Franklin never actually said it.) Or the Yiddish Proverb: “Man Plans, and God Laughs.”&n...

As is so often the case, Anne Lamott said it best: You own everythingthat happened to you.Tell your stories.If people wanted you to write warmly about them,they should’ve behaved better. And yet… I’ve guided a dozen memoir writers on their projects and this is almost always the key issue: ...