THE STORY OF YOUR ABANDONMENT
I want to tell you a story. This one's called abandonment. Abandonment is what many of us have experienced in our life at one time or another. Much of the world carries this wound somewhere [...]
WHAT DOES HAPPINESS LOOK LIKE?
What does happiness look like? I want to know Does the sun always shine bright behind the clouds? What is behind the darkness that has settled over my heart? Is it temporary too...as they say all things [...]
WE ARE THE HURT AND WOUNDED
We are the hurt and wounded... We carry our scars in our bellies and thighs, And in those downcast eyes, That hesitate to meet another's. We long for something. We search and find comfort in [...]
I’M HERE TO REMEMBER AND RE-MEMBER
I wrote this poem a few years ago when I was doing a lot of personal healing work of my own and feeling very confused about my life purpose and why I was here. It [...]
MY OWN LIFE PURPOSE & SHAME STORY
This is one of those hot off the "Post-Shower Press" stories! When inspiration and ideas come to me, I am famous in my family for running out of the shower (with my towel of course [...]
THE FATHER OF ALL REINVENTION STORY
Reinventing yourself and your life can be hard! Sometimes it can be terrifying to think of what or who you might be, if you no longer had the label or title that has shaped a [...]
WHY YOUR BIG PROBLEM JUST WON’T GO AWAY
I love the work of Pema Chodron. One of my favorite teachings of her's is this: "Nothing will ever go away until it has taught us what we need to know." There is so much [...]
HOW HOLDING BACK ON YOUR WORDS HURTS YOU
I want you to just say what you really want! Sometimes we just needs to get the words out. No introductions to your topic, no middle and no well thought out endings please! Just get [...]
AT THE CROSSROADS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
This little poem came to me in quick spurts. It's a another one of those shower poems. I often get inspiration for poetry in the shower. Probably because the water is so grounding that my [...]
WHY CURIOSITY DID NOT KILL THE CAT
Did you grow up, hearing this sentence, "Curiosity killed the cat!" I sure did! I believe there are millions of us out there walking around the planet today, that heard some variation of the above [...]