If we continually take a big picture look at the malleable precursors for aging-related symptoms and mortality, inflammation shows up over and over again…which leads us to resilience, or how we manage…
In the spring of 2022, my climbing partner and I began a mission to climb Grand Teton. The Grand stands at 13,775 feet. The expedition requires an elevation gain of 7,000 feet,…
The Novel-winning poet, Seamus Heaney, recognized, “The true and durable path into and through experience involves being true to your own solitude, true to your own secret knowledge.” That’s perhaps a perfect…
This is the story of a surprising relationship with a tree. We are surrounded by abundance and connection, if we just step out into nature and open our hearts. On April 1st,…
In so many ways, we do our best to plan given current assumptions, hopes and fears. Invariably, the actual unfolding of our lives takes us in unexpected directions. Last weekend, I hiked…
Where do I need to say no, to be able to say yes? A favorite open inquiry prompt from my annual planning process is addition by subtraction. If you’re like me, you…
Santosha is a practice within the eight-limbed path of yoga roughly translated as contentment. Santosha requires practice because it is human nature to want more; to want something different than what we…
What is the purpose of those gut feelings and synchronous moments we call intuition? As children, dependent on external love for our survival, we developed creative tactics. I was a hero child…
In our relationships, we must often walk in a vast gray area of unknowability. Even within ourselves, there are many times when we cannot discern intuition from fear. Sometimes we simply must embrace uncertainty…
“It seems as if the right words can come only out of the perfect space of a place you love.” – Ellen Meloy, The Anthropology of Turquoise This last weekend, my heart…