The V-Word

It is unusual for a newly installed bee hive to experience a bee swarm, and even more unusual for a new beekeeper to witness it happening. In fact, in the couple of weeks since my bees executed their escape, several people I know who have kept bees for over a decade have told me they have never seen it. Truly, it was a remarkable occurrence. I am rarely at home midday and even less rarely sitting at the only window that would have given me the view. In truth, I was sitting on my bed, looking at this screen...

 “The act of smelling something, anything, is remarkably like the act of thinking. Immediately at the moment of perception, you can feel the mind going to work, polling one center of the brain after another for signs of recognition, for old memories and old connection.” – Lewis Thomas

 

Our sense of smell is ancient; primal as well as the source of our most powerful emotional memories. This is...

Open to a clear and loving relationship with yourself and those you love most with this profound conversation with Ken McLeod,  author of Wake up to your Lifeand a 40 year teacher/student of ancient Buddhist traditions. His down to earth and direct understanding of cutting the story line to reach a peace with what is actually happening within you and your relationships offers a fresh perspective...

“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.”  -Lao Tzu

 

How we spend our time is what our life is made of and our intimate relationships are a clear reflection of the time we invest in them. Relationship growth is a capital investment in time and without it, deep connections wither on the vine. It is easy in this era of instant connectivity to lose...

Total sexual freedom – the idea that we can love and be loved in ways that don’t fit neatly in a normative box – is different from indiscriminate sex.

From the outside looking in, this might be confused with promiscuity. What’s the difference? I believe promiscuity feeds into and manifests fears, limitations and restrictions. Sexual freedom is about courage.

First of all, fear is a great teacher....

Discover the vulnerable truth of finding yourself with this lively and insightful conversation with Betsy Chasse.   Her journey from filmmaker of the well known documentary What the Bleep do We know?to becoming a single mother of two is an emotional passage that she shares with grace and wisdom in her recently released ebook Metanoia- A transformational change of heart. Don’t miss this...

The best moments in my life are the ones that I am connected to the people around me. They are the moments when I am not wondering about anywhere else or worried about what comes next. This place of full presence is a magical one because when you find yourself in it, life is good. Even in a crisis or emergency when clock time is meaningless, we are left only with what is and we have only now....

“To show one’s face is part of having the courage to show who one is.  And coming to terms with your own face takes a lifetime.” -James Hillman

I am learning to see myself in this newest version of my face. I wish I had appreciated the unique blend of features I had in my more youthful face. I wish I had loved the high cheekbones and paid less attention to the length of my chin back when my beauty...

“In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.” -Christopher Morley

 

Beauty is one of the essential graces of living a human life on earth. Beauty is around us everywhere and entraining our own capacity to notice and recognize its presence and its power to transform us begins in our heart. Culturally, we are constantly being mis-directed to a specific, and...