All articles filed in Reflections

Photo by me in Tenerife Goodbye again Madrid. . New endings, and new beginnings. Another turn around the spiral. . I feel I have seen the patterns of my life unfold before me since the solstice. I cannot unsee what I now see. Who I am. I am. . The sky, stars, my emotions, the…

Photo of me by Hinton Faram in Tenerife Awareness of Awareness is one of the meditation practices I come back to again and again. I have been doing some kind of mindfulness practice since 2006, and although I know all the theory there is to know about how sticking to one only practice normally brings…

There is this lesson everyone mentions at least once in their life where they start paying more attention to the people who actually love and support them, and leave or let go of those who don’t. Toxic people, relationships, environments, jobs, etc. . This is a great way to keep safe, to keep protected, to…

Photo by me in Tenerife When we live from within the world changes. Not because it stops being what is has always been, but because the way we see and relate to it is different. . There are as many ways to view life and the world as there are people and perspectives. Each of…

Photo by me in South Africa Sometimes, in my life, I am in this clear space where I catch myself instantly spiraling down the negative self-talk path. But these times I talk about are different than those others when I let myself go without knowing;  when I let the pain eat me alive. When I…