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Are You Showing Up for the Wonders in Your Life?
The Magic of the Unexpected Over a decade ago, I was sitting in a glass sunroom under a dark night sky in Borgarnes, Iceland as dancing lights paraded overhead, shifting from left to right – and right to left – and swirling wildly in between. It was one of the most...
Seeing Darkness in a Whole New Light
The Essence of a New Moon Phase Sitting up in bed on a chilly autumn morning, I reached for my journal on the night table to record another dream with a similar theme. I noted that the details were different, but the feeling was the same. I just couldn’t get there....
Dreaming with Your Eyes Wide Open
What Makes You Come Alive? There have been many times in my life where I could see a vision so clearly for myself. I could imagine being on the stage performing the character of a lifetime, seeing my name on the front cover of a book in the featured speaker stand...
The Gift of Landing Among the Stars
Living in the Magic of the Unexpected Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. —W. Clement Stone During a summer writing conference, in a breakout session with a well-known fiction author, I was struck by a comment he made as he led us through an exercise...
Venturing Down the Path Not Taken
Exploring Possibilities and Navigating Obstacles Under a First Quarter Moon On a late spring afternoon, I found myself back on a familiar nature trail, one I had walked a hundred times. I knew the twists and turns of the trail and always had a plan in my mind of...
The Gift of an Emerging Crescent Moon: Reconnecting with Your Creative Calling in Midlife
When Betty, a good friend of my father’s, asked me at a family wedding, “So what are you doing now?” - I completely froze. I had no clue what to say. I was six months pregnant with my second child at the time and had been out of the workforce for two years. I had...
The Beauty of a Growth Container: Honoring the Ebb and Flow of Creative Expression
“Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power.” ~...
The Full Moon Within: Up Close and Personal
Flying thirty thousand feet above sea level on a return flight home one evening, I caught a glimpse of the full moon in the night sky. It was huge and perfectly round, and it seemed to be traveling with me. It was so close that I imagined, with a slight course...
The Gifts of a New Moon Phase: Seeing Darkness in a Whole New Light
Sitting up in bed on a chilly autumn morning, I reached for my journal on the night table to record another dream with a similar theme. I noted that the details were different, but the feeling was the same. I just couldn’t get there. Wherever I was going, the path...
My Love Affair with the Moon
I have always had a fascination with the moon. As a young girl, I would peek out the window at bedtime to wish upon the stars and then find myself searching for the moon in the dark sky. There were nights when it was right there—big and beautiful, rich with full...
A Young Girl with Big Dreams
Being a creative seeker involves taking creative risks. We are often putting ourselves out there for the world to see through our words, our art, our performances, and our creative endeavors. Some will love our work, while others may not. But that’s okay. We are...
Waking up to a Daytime Moon in a Midlife Summer
Sitting in my backyard on a warm summer afternoon, staring out at the bird feeders in our garden as an array of colorful birds arrive to feed, I begin to wonder about life—and the simplicity of it. Taking a deep breath in, exhaling slowly, I watch as the birds...