Musings from the Journey
I’ve had a secret…
I’ve been holding this exciting news close to my vest for awhile.
How Coming Together Heals Hearts
In times of community tragedy, those not directly impacted can feel emotions of what is known as survivor guilt. Today like many of you I grieve with those who lost their homes in the Lake Christine Wildfire.
The C Word
I've been thinking a lot about the C word in the last few weeks and the impact it has made in my life and those I have been blessed to work with. "What's the C word," you ask? Creativity. Last week I received a letter, "Your book saved my life." I've been thinking of...
Spirit Driven
In my work with addicts we talk about "turning it over to our higher power." It's a pretty simple mantra, but a much more difficult practice for most of us. Can I trust that there is something beyond mySELF that can lead the way? In my 26 years of sobriety, I've come...
Thrilling Announcement!
I am SO incredibly honored and thrilled to announce that my proposal was accepted and I will be teaching at the International Equine Summit! Thank you Shelley Rosenberg! Not only that...guess who's the Key Note speaker? Temple Grandin! I will be sharing how how I have...
Costa Rica- Part 4: Returning to Self
To feel a full untrammeled joy is to walk through the doorway of fear, the dropping away of the anxious worried self felt itself like a death itself, a disappearance, a giving away, seen in the laughter of friendship, the vulnerability of happiness felt suddenly as a...
Costa Rica Adventure, Part 3- Authenticity Over Perfection and the Willingness to be Vulnerable
Love is born from a great, vulnerable daring "YES," after an unbearable silence. ~ Michael Xavier Gypsy Spirt Outpost, Leaves and Lizards Eponaquest Adventure, Arenal, Costa Rica with Shelley Rosenberg Title: What Gets in the Way...Releasing the Ego Mind with Negro...
Part 2-What Happens in Costa Rica…stays in Costa Rica!
"Life is either a great adventure or nothing at all." ~Helen Keller This was the quote on the cover of the binder I chose Day One, at the Eponaquest Adventure Retreat at Leaves and Lizards Arenal Volcano Cabin Retreat, in Monterey, Costa Rica with our hosts Debbie and...
Gypsy Spirit Outpost-Arenal, Costa Rica
I am writing from the open air covered porch in beautiful Arenal, Costa Rica! Toucans and parrots sit in the bird feeder sharing bananas and papayas with the turkeys. The Arenal Volcano is hiding behind the cloud cover, remnants of this mornings hard rain. A dream...