Breathing in: I am safe. Breathing out: I am held. As I sat in the hot tub yesterday morning enjoying the sounds of the waterfall in our backyard, the morning birds chirping, and the fresh, cool Pacific Northwest summer morning air on my face I realized that so often what I need most is a … [Read more...] about Safe at Home
This Fractured Self
More expectations than can be managed. Never enough. Never hitting the mark. This fractured self. Will it ever be whole? Lying awake counting Not sheep. But the ways I didn’t measure up today. This cannot be all there is. And, yet it is too much. Far too much. Putting on a … [Read more...] about This Fractured Self
Willing
Spirit called: Are you willing? To come home. To be you. Mind clouded. Heart weary. Soul in need. Are you ready? Lay down the armor. Take off the mask. Pause the striving. Reach no more. Rest your head On the pillow of love Universe has always provided. You will be held. Lie … [Read more...] about Willing
Scale Back or Burn Out
I was hit with a hard truth last week. I’d had hints of this hard truth surfacing over the last month or more; however, every time the whisper came I quickly buried it, moving to the next thing. That hard truth is that I am burnt out. Or, if not fully burnt out, so close that I don’t know how … [Read more...] about Scale Back or Burn Out
3 Ways to Overcome Business-Owner Burnout
Does your business look different than it did a year ago? How about two years ago? And, does it look different than it did six months ago? What about just a quarter ago? What is it going to look like next quarter? Next year? Two years out? If you’re like many business owners, the answers to those … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Overcome Business-Owner Burnout
The Reckoning: A Poem
You knew a reckoning was coming. It wasn’t an if, it was a when. The tears stream when you finally allow yourself to slow. Oh, how you have lost the full picture of who you are. You’ve known for some time now that you were losing yourself. But you couldn’t find the time to find … [Read more...] about The Reckoning: A Poem
#ThanksCOVID Part 4: Building on Foundations in the Academy
This is Part 4 of our #ThanksCOVID/BigNews for 2020 series. In the last part, Charlie discussed his journey as it relates to the content he produces and shares here at PF. Just as the journey of all Creative Giants involves honoring and bringing forward all parts of ourselves, you heard from Charlie … [Read more...] about #ThanksCOVID Part 4: Building on Foundations in the Academy
#ThanksCOVID Part 2: The Future of the Anchor
This is Part 2 of our #ThanksCOVID/BigNews for 2020 series. In the last part, Charlie discussed how the events of 2020 led to us hiring Steve, Osheyana, and Anthony. I’ll add my own #ThanksCOVID to his and say that I now cannot imagine a team without these three amazing people. Blessings in the … [Read more...] about #ThanksCOVID Part 2: The Future of the Anchor
Dark and Light
A seed planted in the dark soil of the earth. What will emerge? Will anything? Feeling swallowed by the dark. Light has abandoned me. Again. This dark soil of pain Surrounds me and lets in no light. Perhaps light is no more? The weight is heavy. The feelings seep into every cell of … [Read more...] about Dark and Light
Reckonings and Gratitude
Here in the United States, some will be celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, while others will be protesting with a National Day of Mourning or an Unthanksgiving. While I believe it is happening all over the world, I can speak more so to what I have been witnessing and feeling on a national level here … [Read more...] about Reckonings and Gratitude
Sacred Work, Unexpected Beauty, and Honoring Yourself
A few mornings ago, I did something I feel I haven’t done enough of in my life: I cried because I was so overcome with beauty. It was likely no more than a minute of tears, but wow! I felt it to the very core of me. I was honoring what I so clearly needed. For me, tears can come forward with so … [Read more...] about Sacred Work, Unexpected Beauty, and Honoring Yourself
The Edges of Emotion
Do you remember a time when you became aware of something in a new way or on a deeper level or with clearer eyes — and it was in that awareness that an important shift happened within you? I had a moment like that a few weeks ago and it’s something that I have wanted to share with you, but I have … [Read more...] about The Edges of Emotion
To Love or to Fear
How would you make decisions if you believed that every choice you made was either made from love or fear? If those were the only two “places” or “emotions” or “categories” — and every single action you take comes from a place of love or a place of fear? Perhaps you already feel and think this way? … [Read more...] about To Love or to Fear
To Feed or to Soothe Your Fear?
Right now. Here. In this moment. You are safe. Because you are able to take the few minutes needed to read this, in this moment, you are safe. Welcome to “Fearland” Many of us have struggled with fears throughout this year — and understandably so. There is so much happening that we have no … [Read more...] about To Feed or to Soothe Your Fear?
We Are Not Enemies
*Possible trigger alert: I am talking about politics in this post and I am much more clear and transparent about my own political beliefs that I have been before. If you cannot or do not want to read that, this is definitely a good one to skip. It is all shared with love, though, and I hope you can … [Read more...] about We Are Not Enemies
A Meditation for Fear
I have noticed over the last few days, almost every time I have captured an idea to add to my idea garden for writing, that they revolve around themes of fear and love. Spirit and my higher self have been showing up with messages I need to hear. Messages that are offering some measure of calm. … [Read more...] about A Meditation for Fear
Every Moment Is A Gift
Mere hours after having dinner with his mom he was gone. Hunter was 21 years old and turning the page on a new chapter in his life. He was putting in the work, facing his challenges, and making choices to live fully. Embracing new relationships and saying yes to things that would help him grow … [Read more...] about Every Moment Is A Gift
Love Notes to Lighten the Dark
I shared with you last time about my struggles from mid-August until just recently. About how I’d felt like I was at my limit (and had been there for a while) around what I could process and feel. About so much pain and loss coming at me back to back to back... and that I moved into a place of shock … [Read more...] about Love Notes to Lighten the Dark