You know that expression “ask and you shall receive?” Well, I’m here to tell you, it’s not just some old adage. It’s a powerful tool for turning your personal muck into magic. Here's the story. A few days ago, I woke up feeling, well...“icky.” So, I went outside to the garden to meditate. As I [...]
The other day, I was sitting amongst the flowers in my magical garden. But my mind was elsewhere---stuck in the muck of worry, fear and worst case scenarios. Suddenly, I was jolted out of my downward spiral by the surprisingly hefty HUMMMMM of a tiny hummingbird, hovering just inches from my face. I was so [...]
In my morning meditation, I make it a practice to pray for magic and miracles. But I never, ever expected to find one lying on the little white couch in our family room. As you probably know, I'm obsessed with dragonflies. And so inspired by how they grow their magical wings while crawling in the muck at the [...]
The way I see it, with all the woe in the world, we can all use some more woo. So here goes: On March 19th, I took part in an on-line Global Meditation. Just when we were guided into our hearts, I felt something crawling on my right hand. When I opened my eyes, there [...]
A couple of weeks BP (Before Pandemic), I found myself caught in a storm of worry, grief and fear. My soulmate husband Will was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. In case you’ve never heard of it (we hadn’t), it’s a rare form of bone cancer. The good news: Myeloma is slow growing and treatable. The bad [...]
DRAGONFLIES AMONG US. no.2 in a series Dragonflies spend most of their lives crawling at the bottom of a pond. While stuck down there, they grow their magical wings.The same is true for the human variety. When I first met Cheryl Hunter in a brainstorming session at Maria Shriver's office, I had no idea what kind [...]
When I heard that one of our beautiful birch trees was dying,I was heart-broken. To me, it wasn’t just a tree. It was something sacred, rooted in memory and meaning. As a little girl, I spent hours under the lacy leaves of a pair of birch trees, staring up at the sky, looking for dolphins [...]
Holidays can bring up a lot muck---especially in the expectations department. For instance, I had a cozy picture in my head of my son driving up to Ojai from LA tonight and us waking up to coffee and conversation Thanksgiving morning. (Reality check: with a 23-year old, it would have been way past noon and [...]
Remember when I introduced you to Blossom, our new rescue doggie? (Here's the muck-to-magic story of how she went from living on the streets of Bangkok to the valley of Ojai.) She's been with us for almost three months now. And for someone who never lived with a family or in a house, it's miraculous [...]
It's easy to be thankful for the mashed potatoes and gravy of our lives. You know, those rich, scrumptious moments when everything is going well. But what about when it isn't? What about those angst-filled, up-all-night-times that make us question what it's all about? If you're like me, you've had far too many of those [...]