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Hello brave friends! Welp…. This was supposed to be yet another lacrosse tournament weekend as the biggest fan and all around support person to my kick ass daughter, Grace, who loves nothing more than to rip it up on the field. I was prepped to see that fierce determination run wild in the New England…

Hello beautiful friends!! Ok, so THAT was a thing! The retreat in California was… well, a really big thing and I have spent the past week trying to find the words to describe both the experience and how it has transformed me. I am always in awe of how our limbic brain is in charge of processing…

Hello brave humans, This past week I have been navigating some really strong emotions. With the winding down of summer and the new season of fall, I have consciously and intentionally leaned into uncovering what has been growing underneath the surface. At first, it felt a lot like I was planting something new, creating and…

Hello brave humans! This weekend my middle daughter and I began the time honored tradition of looking at colleges. As a junior, it is time she begins to map out where she will go after graduation… or so the world says. In the fall of junior year the checklist of what to do next says,…

Hello my incredible friends! It’s the last full week of August. This place of coming transition…of wrapping up, soaking up the last rays of summer and of the anticipation of fall. For many of us, whether you have children, are an educator, or have some other tie to the school calendar, this is a place…

Hello glorious friends! I have recently become curious about my astrological chart. The story behind this curiosity isn’t short. In fact it’s more of a series of short side road journeys that lead nowhere specific but end up bringing me right where I need to be. Curiosity can be like that sometimes. We don’t necessarily…

Hello courageous friends! Gah! It’s August 1st. AUGUST FIRST. Wow… for me, it never feels easy to allow this to sink in and be ok. Having spent over thirty years in education, August 1st always feels like the beginning of the end. It signals the gentle cascading of time back toward school. I both love…

Here’s a really fun fact… yesterday was International Self-Care Day! How cool is that?! And… how did I not know it?? I mean, it is quite literally my soul passion! It was a completely random twist of fate that I even found out about International Self-Care Day… driving back from a FULL day at the…

About six months ago I found myself in a wonderful conversation with several women outside my favorite yoga studio. It was one of those beautiful conversations that arises organically when people come together with an open heart, like we often do when we are practicing yoga. It was a small group of women, most I…

Hello brave friends! I attended my daughter’s college graduation this weekend. I know this is happening all over the country and I see the posts on social media of the elated graduate with their diploma in hand standing with their gleeful family. On the faces of both the graduates and their loved ones you can…