Loving Out Loud

Why is it that we find it so difficult to share our feelings of love openly? I’m not someone to hide how she feels, nor am I successful when trying. And yet, there’s some kind of natural filter we have allowed to take over when it comes to being vulnerable enough to share intimate truths. […]

I Am Mom Enough

It’s a striking image, isn’t it? A boy old enough to be in preschool still nursing from his mother’s breast. I believe the ‘shock factor’ intended has been achieved here in the United States. People are appalled – tagging the Time magazine cover photo as ‘sexual, indecent, extreme, crazy’ – and on and on the […]

‘Good Karma,’ Angels & Grace

Something happens when we allow ourselves to be in a space of healing, surrender and honesty with the truth that lives beneath the surface. There can be a great darkness…and yet, the light is always present. As we practice the art of allowing without becoming attached to feelings and perceptions, streams of radiance begin to […]

Feeling Through the Layers

It’s happening again. I hear the screaming woman in my head which means something is about to break wide open. There’s a struggle within myself: heart or mind? Knowing or feeling? Truth or status? ‘Good’ or real?  I didn’t trust it for a moment but I drank it anyway, the wine of my own poetry. […]