One day as I was walking through the woods, listening to the birds chirping from the trees and watching my cute little dog Dino run along the forest trail, happily sniffing everything in sight… I decided I wanted to have a summer of JOY. If you’re not familiar with Susan Hyatt, this thought was based… Continue reading Want more joy in your life? This is for you.
When Giving Something Away Makes Your Heart Sparkle
There’s a way that love sparkles. The way that the light feels when it hits your face with the glorious glow of sunshine, or even in the moment you notice a sparkle in your very own eye. One of the things I’ve found that creates this luminosity and sparkle in my own life, and presence,… Continue reading When Giving Something Away Makes Your Heart Sparkle
Would You Like to Be Part of the Launch Team for My New Book?
Here's the scoop: You get a free copy of the book before anyone else, and you get to connect with me, and the rest of the group, leading up to launch week -- and even after, if you'd like! And you commit to read the book (or play with a few of the prompts that speak… Continue reading Would You Like to Be Part of the Launch Team for My New Book?
By the Light of the Moon {+ Top 3 Title Choices — Help me decide!}
Having returned home from a trip to Easter Island, at one point it dawned on me--Grief is like being plunked down on a distant island in the dark -- strange terrain, not knowing your way, not even with a simple street light to guide you.There is no map. No clear road ahead.Only your inner compass,… Continue reading By the Light of the Moon {+ Top 3 Title Choices — Help me decide!}
A blessing for you. {And my new grief journal}
This week I want to share with you a blessing I wrote for my forthcoming grief journal, By the Light of the Moon. Although now I'm returning back to former ideas and playing with new titles alike. You'll be the first to know when I get close to a final decision and I'm ready for… Continue reading A blessing for you. {And my new grief journal}
Links & Updates
We had a brief downpour here in Portland today. And I couldn't help but remember the way I watched my dad stand in the doorway breathing in the scent of the rain with every fiber of his being. And the way I shared this memory as part of a different experience with rain from a… Continue reading Links & Updates
Your words are powerful + {I hope you dance.}
I have a note from my dad taped up on my bedroom wall. It is a note he tucked into a package he mailed to me while I was in college. It contained very precious cargo -- a dress I wanted to wear to an upcoming school salsa dance. I kept the note because it… Continue reading Your words are powerful + {I hope you dance.}
A Forgiveness Meditation
Today I'd like to share with you a forgiveness meditation I used to do. A couple years ago, I created a habit of sitting cross-legged on the floor each morning, after drinking a glass of water and getting some fresh air, to go through this process and forgive all of the past parts of myself… Continue reading A Forgiveness Meditation
Be kind to yourself.
Be kind to yourself. Be kind when you rewind. Be kind when you think no one is watching. Be kind even when people are. Sometimes it can be even harder to be kind to ourselves when we feel others are watching or judging us. That we’re somehow not worthy of this kindness, and honoring, or… Continue reading Be kind to yourself.
You can do this. {Reflections from past regret}
Trust yourself. Go slow. You don’t have to do what others expect. This is your life, and you get to live it the way you choose. You do not have to follow the crowd, or others’ expectations of you. This is your life. How do you want to live it? How do you want to… Continue reading You can do this. {Reflections from past regret}
Caitlin Sanders 