Clearing by the River

On a Misty gray Saturday morning, I found myself in my typical place of solace, on a dirt trail strolling through the woods, near water. Surrounded by cedar, dried and falling from its tree, as it does at this time of the year, the trees lead us in knowing how to let go, to release, and to purge. At a

Scars of Life – the Tears of a Tree

My husband was actually the one to notice. I never even paid attention as I was tying our laundry string around a beautiful little cedar tree. “Did you notice somebody carved their initials on that tree?” Like I said, I hadn’t even seen it. When he said it, I stepped back, and I noticed initials truly carved into the side

Mindfulness- a Portage Reminder

I worked for years, trying to rebuild after my shoulder injury that I thought for sure would make it impossible for me to ever get a Canoe over the top of my head, and off, again. There I was trekking down a portage trail with a sixteen-and-a-half foot Kevlar on my shoulders when I found my mind wondering; All the

Where Did I Go? Losing Yourself in Relationships

It took about two seconds before tears started forming in her eyes. “I just miss him so much,” she said blotting her mascara with a tissue trying to keep up with the tears streaming down her face. Interestingly enough, this entire story starts with the passing of a pet. What she was missing in her life was of course this

Time to Lighten the Load

“I hate September,” she said “As long as I can remember I have hated September. I hated it when my kids went back to school in the fall and it was time to get back into a routine. I love them being at home with me, and I always hated it when they left from grade school through college I

All in the Balance

Ever notice how much easier it is to give than to receive? And no, I am not just speaking to the women here. From the time we are born many of us are conditioned to believe that giving is the best answer to anything and everything. I don’t want to diminish the tremendous impact giving has on us and our

Tumbleweed

We entered into the group space and Spirit was clear in its vision, “it is a time of releasing” and showed me a vision of a tumbleweed bouncing along a dusty gravel road, circa the old west. They continued to explain that we are wearing off our old, unserving, outdated of all things; beliefs, values, feelings, thoughts, etc., and from

Embracing the Change

“I know I am changing…I just don’t know what that will mean,” he said, in almost a whisper that told me everything about the fear he held inside of him as to what his newfound Spirit connection would ask him to do with his ‘nice life’. Oof, yep, raise your hand if you have been there, and my hand is

Courage Comes From Clarity

Recently I have been practicing developing a new habit. My new habit is that I am listening to two to three inspirational or motivational podcasts per week. I know most of you would be surprised to know I do not normally listen to those things. Why? Because I spend my work life listening and being those motivational inspirational messages for

There Is No Tiger

It all came about from a social media video from Neal Foard. He tells this great story about bombing a huge business meeting in Chicago years ago, and the power of a bartender and a tattoo. In this story, he talks about meeting this woman in a hotel bar and seeing this tattoo on her wrist in Polish. The tattoo