I suspect that I’m not the only writer out there who has sometimes felt overwhelmed by their story vision. The biggest challenge at first is…
I have started reading a collection of teachings entitled, The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women (pub. 2013). One of the teachers
This seems to be a time of change and transformation in my life, and much of the time I feel uncomfortable. Uncertain in the new
Recently, one writer in my writing groups voiced a desire to write about more than stories from her past. She said, “I want to learn
Start with a question, and let the words emerge on the page Another month of feeling like my mind is coated with mud and molasses.
Since writing my February newsletter, I started a nine-week death doula training course: Village Death Care with Anne-Marie Keppel. My writing lately has evolved out
While I was on Galiano Island during our 3-month meditation retreat, we were given instructions to avoid speaking, which included not doing any writing. Apparently,
When I was 19 years old, I joined a 26-day Outward Bound group women’s course held in southern British Columbia. Part of the program included
While you are reading this November post, I will have started my 3-month silent meditation retreat. All being well, I imagine that I will have
During the months of July and August, I unplugged from my usual schedule of teaching and mentoring. Time was more spacious, as I opened myself
