Do You: watch a lot of news on tv read a lot of news in the paper talk about the headlines with your friends, family, colleagues feel overwhelmed by all of the terrible things happening in the world Do You? meditate, pray, turn your attention inward cultivate inner peace seek ways to create and support … Read more
GPS: Taos to Salt Lake City Having completed my 2nd week in Taos, it was time to head back home. I felt clear about my relationship with Oliver. I was sad, disappointed and a little angry. Not at him. At the situation. I felt ready to return to Portland. Ready to tackle my ever growing … Read more
Light & Clarity Emerge Returning to Taos from my brief junket in Portland, Oliver and I moved into our second rental. A sweet little house, with a lovely kitchen, gas fireplace, comfortable furniture and a fenced yard. My routine – out early on the frosty mornings for coffee, breakfast and writing time at a local … Read more
The Road to Taos I drove 12 hours from the mountaintop hotel in Utah to Taos. The drive was gorgeous – through Zion National Park, across Utah, Arizona – with a smidge of Colorado mixed in – into New Mexico. A sleepless night preceded the long drive, yet somehow, I felt alert, awake and fully … Read more
Evolving Through Whimsy I left Portland because I felt tired, stifled and stressed. I needed a break from my ‘normal’ life and routine. I was seeking inspiration and focus to take my work to its next iteration. A trusted consultant asked me when the last time was that I followed my whimsy, following that question … Read more
Evolving is Incremental When I look back at where my life was a year ago, I can hardly believe the difference. In a nutshell, I: migrated from the East to the West moved from 16 acres in the woods to a loft in the city have an online classroom instead of a brick and mortar … Read more
Changes Comes Easy…Or Not! I’ve been thinking a lot about change lately. The way change can come easily while at other times a knock-down, drag-out battle occurs – between the existing and the emerging self. I’ve had a lot of time to think. I’ve been on a road trip through Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and … Read more
Community Garden I’m loving playing in my oh-so-manageable 400 sq. ft. plot at my Community Garden. I work alone in my little plot – it’s more than plenty for my needs. As a member of the community, I’m expected to do 6 hours of community work each season. My time to contribute is coming, and … Read more
Day 1 – Community Garden I’m thrilled. I applied for and nearly immediately received a plot in a community garden. Many of the gardens that I perused online had multiple year waiting lists. I waited less than 4 weeks and was given (for $100/year) a 400 sq. ft. plot – 20 x 20, enclosed in … Read more
Meet The issue, person, emotion, physical pain, mental musing, spiritual crisis head on. Straight up. Say hello. Invite it in. Even if it terrifies you. Greet The underlying story, the root cause analysis, the underbrush and move in to the work. Yes, exactly. Just do it. A meet and greet is just that – … Read more
So many of us are empaths – we feel other people’s energy and emotions. In fact, the Internet is riddled with posts and articles about Emotional Vampires, Energy Vampires and other treatises on managing sensitivity. Feeling Other People’s Stuff Doesn’t Make You A Better Healer When healing practitioners feel their patients energy and emotions or … Read more
Sing it: There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays! Do you watch, hum along to the holiday jingles – and HOPE? Might the holiday go by without a snap, a slap or feeling like crap? Tingling and longing – could we all just get along? Hoping and humming – could we all just be … Read more
In the energy world, travelers may find themselves navigating varying terrain in the journey and quest to choose an appropriate practitioner for support and efficacious healing. Yes, this is part of the ongoing BYOH [Be Your Own Healer] series! Yes, CK’s still advocating BYOH – the more the better! Yet not every skill and resource … Read more
CK’s been thinking about containment lately. Containing energy, emotion, response, impulse. There’s been a hiatus in the blog; I’ve been containing. When everything is held close, what is there to say or to share? It felt aligned to cease writing during my containment. It’s been an interesting and flourishing experience to contain my energy, emotion, … Read more
What a beautiful word. Whole-ing. It evokes the promise of completion, evolution, new beginnings. Living into a new state of wholeness. Whole-ing also speaks to process; the journey, the ride. I love Whole-ing. CK’s Webster’s: Whole-ing. Verb: A conscious individual’s ongoing creation of experiences cultivating growth, learning, healing. Through Whole-ing, causal energy is articulated, acknowledged … Read more