Hello dear ones, Come hear me speak this Friday, April 19th In Boulder at the Circus Center. I’m one of the featured speakers for this incredible event created by one of our caregivers-Crystal Evans! It’s part ted-talk, part ecstatic dance and part cacao ceremony. Register and secure your slot here. Use Coupon code: GRIEF for a discount on your ticket
Well, Happy April’s Fools Day dear ones. I meant to send this a few weeks ago and then life just kept happening. I used get these out to you every full and new moon. I’m letting go of that and just sending these out when they’re ready. Welcome to those you who are new and looking
2024 is off to a rough start-both personally and collectively. I want to offer some words of support around the collective grief and how to be with the sorrows of the world. I’ve been falling into the pit of despair even though I‘ve been earnestly practicing this from my grief mentor Francis Weller: “The work of the mature
New year, same shit; new year, same grief. Happy f*%#ing new year. Pardon my swearing and bitterness. But maybe you’re right there with me, especially with everything going on in the world right now. And you may really get it if you’re in acute grief, (grief that is brand new or up to 3 years). And
I want to share a dream I had last week. I only had a short glimpse of it but the effects of it are still impacting me today. I see a human heart. It is breaking, it is hurt. It needs lots of care and help. At first it’s just one heart, but then it
I’m having a hard time getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday knowing that so much pain and suffering is happening in the Middle East and even here in these United States with violence and anti-semitism as a result of what’s happening in the Middle East. My heart breaks everyday. And I am filled with
Hello Loves, My book, Life Upside Down: The Fall That Transformed Our Lives, Lifting Me Through Grief, Love and Quadriplegia is finally here! It was launched on September 29, 2023. It’s available as a paperback and ebook on Amazon. Here’s the Amazon link: https://a.co/d/5wcBkYM And here’s the book’s own website which includes a beautiful trailer at
Although here in Colorado it doesn’t feel like summer at all. We’ve had so much rain for the past few weeks-it feels like we’re actually in the middle of April. But I’m so grateful for all the water. Water truly is life and we need it here often. Also, many blessings to those of you
This new moon I have no blog for you because I’m focused on birthing my book! My book is about how my life went upside after my partner Michael broke his neck mountain biking and how I dealt with all the grief and trauma to come right side up again. It’s entitled: Life Upside Down: Walking into
Why are joy and sorrow so interconnected? How is it that we can go from deep grief with a river of tears to feelings of gratitude and joy that leak out as smiles and laughter? In my last blog I talked about being a joy detective and intentionally seeking out joy during times of deep
How do we find joy when in a place of deep grief or discomfort? And how do we do this in a way that doesn’t just bypass grief? Try pendulation. Intentionally go from one to the other. You may have to become a joy detective. Finding joy when you are deeply grieving may feel impossible,
Hello dear ones, Happy full moon to you all. Yes grieving=spring cleaning. We must clean out the gunk that gathers in our bodies from just living our lives especially lately. It seems like we’re all in some kind of big transition right now. Grief accumulates in the body and we must tend to it. One
