“I have a great life. People I love. A home by the mountains. A full refrigerator.” A client speaks. I listen. “And then there’s this hunger for more… an itch, a longing for better connection at work, more free time to travel, more presence with myself, more time with my family, a new car, a flush retirement fund and… as […]
I’m an expert…. an expert at feeling stuck in my life. It seems I can’t just rest in a happy plateau. Always a hunger, a longing, a nagging pulling on me. Can you relate? Do you or have you ever felt stuck in any part of your life? Maybe it’s a job that sucks your soul. A marriage that feels compromised or lifeless. […]
“…the dry throat that came from a love you remembered but had never fully wanted for yourself, until finally, after years making the long trek to get here it was as if your whole achievement had become nothing but thirst itself.” – David Whyte, “The Well” I sit for my daily morning practice; often it’s a form of meditation. Thoughts […]
Last week I wrote about the claustrophobic mindset that does not trust that everything will be okay. Trust that I’ll be ok. Trust that I’ll make my mortgage. Trust that I’ll succeed at work or in my marriage. In distrust, a rabbit hole emerges and anything to get out of it is in vain until something else happens. Something to […]
I wake up in the middle of the night. It just happens. Often. I’m forty-nine. Seems to be part of my life at this point. My thoughts get churning. Sometimes it’s first thing in the morning. How will I keep a roof over my head over these next few years? Will I ever see her again? Will my business be […]
I did the young love in the 20’s thing without kids. I did the mid 30’s with kid. And then I did the mid 40’s thing with older kid. And yes, all with the same person. In all phases of relationship, I know firsthand that an energized and…
It’s a powerful word. To be free or freed from a confinement, enslavement, or restriction. To enter a new and open landscape of possibilities and opportunities.
