Dear Reader, As I sit and reflect on this past weekend's retreat here at the Barred Owl in Leicester, MA, I'm grateful for the open-hearted, supportive circle of women who reminded me that when we show up for others and ourselves, magic happens. We set our intentions to be grounded, empowered, and present in 2026 - for ourselves, our loved ones, and for our communities. On that note, I'm happy to share with you a giveaway with thousands of dollars of complimentary, supportive resources - over...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, Has life been moving more quickly—or am I moving more slowly?I suspect it’s a little of both. Alas, we are at the new year. It's time to honor the past and bring enthusiasm for the new, ready or not. I wanted to send an end of the year email with well wishes and gratitude for your presence in this community, but I confess that when not busy with friends and family this holiday season, I have been still. Turning inward. Feeling tired—and listening to that tiredness instead of...
28 days ago • 3 min read
Dear Reader, First, I thank you for joining me on this journey called life. Now I ask you, do you ever tell yourself stories? Of course you do; we all do. Left unchecked and unchallenged that voice incessantly chattering within can make us miserable and limit our joy and possibilities. My focus at the end of 2025 is to really tune into the running dialogue in my head and the stories I tell myself. Not only are we allowed to lay these words down—or to sing a new song, as the U2 anthem of my...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
... Let Go “In autumn, the leaves and needles came down. They did this variously as many verbs beginning with the letter f attested—fall, flutter, fly, feint, float, frolic, flit, flail. For a few weeks in October, transience created a moment-by-moment spectacle.” ~Baron Wormser from The Road Washes Out in Spring. Dear Reader, Autumn is a cruel season. It's hard for me to look at these two photos taken just two months apart. I dislike saying goodbye to summer sunlight, fresh flowers and...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Dear Reader, Yesterday, Facebook reminded me that three years ago, I walked away from a job I had held for fifteen years. I didn’t have another position lined up. I didn’t have a plan of any kind. What I had was an insistent whisper from within that grew louder each day: "It’s time to go." If you have taken any leap like this, I raise a glass to you. Much larger transitions exist, I know - like leaving a partnership, a homeland. Yet, at the time, choosing myself proved difficult. ...Align,...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Friend, I hope the rays of summer have been good to you, and that like me, you have had some down time as well as time to connect with friends and family. Summer has a way of slowing, yet feeling very full. Admittedly, I’ve been somewhat preoccupied by the noise, deception, and fakery presently afoot in the world - and in the age of AI and endless chatter - have been thinking about how easy it is to lose touch with something profoundly real: one's own intuition. Intuition That...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Dear Reader, Welcome to a new season. I wish you a beautiful, light-filled summer and a renewed sense of connection—to yourself and to the world around you. Friday was my birthday. I'm grateful to have been born on the longest day of the year here in the Northern Hemisphere. The older we grow, perhaps the more we return to who we truly are, who we have always been. I celebrate the ongoing work of healing the soul, of remembering. We all come into this world original and full of light. As a...
7 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, Looking to Live a More Inspired Life? It has been my honor and pleasure to work with some wonderful women over the past two years on living more inspired, aligned, and present lives. I have met some incredible people, and I would like to introduce you to some of them and their resources. It always amazes me when a supportive resource or the missing piece of a puzzle shows up at the perfect time in life. I love it when that happens! Today's note from me is an invitation to kick...
8 months ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, Lately, I’ve been feeling a persistent nagging feeling—a sense that something needs to be shed or released. Is it as simple as a spring clean, a decluttering of the space around me? Most certainly, that is necessary. Is it one of the many half-finished projects hanging like a dark cloud overhead? Quite possibly. Or is it something deeper, more elusive—an outdated version of myself tethered to her limiting beliefs and stale mindsets? Or perhaps, it’s something obvious, staring me...
9 months ago • 3 min read