I know I use this blog each year at this time, but I love its meaning. Whether it is your first time reading it, or your fifth, please settle into your discovery of your own Jack o lanterns heart. That place within you that yearns to burn bright, for whatever time that lasts. Anne The weather is turning cooler, the
Perfectionism
Better done than perfect. It is a statement on a simple square of white paper that hangs inside a cabinet door in my office. It has become my mantra. For years I have put off doing things outside my comfort zone because I didn’t think they would be good enough. Good enough meaning I was comparing myself to an invisible
Follow Your Nature
Follow your Nature. I love fall, it is by far my favorite season. All the summer people are clutching their sunblock and gasping right now and I’m ok with that. Fall is my season. I want to hike, camp, cook, stew and can, and all the things that take me to a space of nature, creativity, and abundance. Fall is
The Gift of Nothing
As we are preparing for this Fall’s hunting season. This story from years past resonates with me even stronger now. With so much noise in our world – political, economical, threats of war, etc. there is such a yearning within me for quiet. I said to a friend of mine months back when she asked me why I go hunting
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
Love and Fear- choosing your perspective
I could think of thousands of examples if I try. So very many times when we are looking into the space of ‘new’ or ‘different’ we feel into our bodies an equal experience of love and fear. That part of us that is super excited by options and possibilities, and desired outcomes, and that part of us that just wants
Reciprocity
It is the most wonderful time of the year! For many of you, you may be wondering how I completely missed Christmas, but I am not talking about Christmas. I am talking about maple sapping season!! Every year we go to the woods, drill, hammer, taps, hose and buckets in hand, waiting to see what we will get from Santa…ah,
In the sanctuary of others
In the sanctuary of others I am an introvert. To some of you that will be shocking, to others not so much. I am fine by myself; being home, traveling, going out to dinner, etc. I love my people but I don’t NEED them to have something to do. I don’t “need someone to go with” when I want
NO as a complete sentence
NO as a complete sentence Once again she was validating why she was setting a boundary with a person who has no sense of boundaries. Every word she said after “No, I can’t because…” was just more fuel for the fire. Just say “NO.” and be done with it, a friend told her. “What she said,” I
Endings and Beginnings
Greetings and welcome to a NEW YEAR! How the heck did we get here?! As a kid I remember complaining about how long things, like summer vacation would last. Yes, really. I was a farm kid so summer for many of my friends was biking around town, going to the lake to swim, hanging out with friends all