My mother and I are discussing plans for Christmas dinner. I will have a full house, including my parents and a long-time friend staying with us. "Now," says Mom, "I don't want you running yourself ragged, trying to do everything." I literally laughed out loud. What an absolutely ludicrous thing to say. That's simply not who I am. I said as much, and after we hung up, I found myself puzzled. Why would my mother ever imagine me behaving that way? And then I realized... I wou

An excerpt from my meditative writing, March 2025: I am a study of opposites, a container full to overflowing with things that would seem...

A string of the most utterly uninspiring words ever to be connected in the history of spoken language happens to be my longest held,...

What if the least "business-y" thing you could do would immeasurably benefit your business? Spoiler alert: it can.

What's new? It's one of those questions everyone asks, but few truly answer (or truly desire to have answered). Honoring the presence of...

"Ma'am? Can you hear me? 9-1-1 is on the way. Are you injured? Can you hear me?" The world is off its axis. Or perhaps I am off of mine?...

Last month I took the most bold and brave action of my life. Following the call of my soul and Divine guidance, I left a beautiful home...

Ah, hindsight. That crystalline surface in which everything is so clearly reflected. But a mirror is just a piece of glass until the...

Life is full of choices. Some of them are of small consequence in the big picture. Decaf? Half-calf? Extra caff? Take the express lane,...

Unfurl: to make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to become open to the wind. Unfurling is my word...

Hi. My name is Deb, and I'm a recovering force-aholic. I don't say these words lightly, and they contain no mocking for those in twelve...

I am under construction. Parts of my life are undergoing heavy demolition, while other areas are receiving a facelift. New additions are...

It is New Year's Eve, 2023. Massive changes are afoot in my world. I am walking at sunset with one of my dogs, and it occurs to me that...

The journal prompt: write about something left unsaid. Something I left unsaid? Something? Just one thing? To choose something, a thing,...

I have one word to describe how late summer 2023 felt for me: weird. That was often my reply to the daily questions. How are you? Weird....

The things you can learn from a virus. In late spring of 2021, months after I had COVID for the first time, I received Reiki and an...

I have surrendered more times than the most well-loved army of tiny plastic men in the hands of the most gregarious 6 year-old backyard...

I'm sorry, I have a question. I'm sorry, I have something to say. I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I'm sorry I bumped into you. I'm...

The human lens is inherently distorted. We are unable to see, to perceive, without filtering what is seen through a unique set of...

I don't know about you, but I catch myself thinking that a person's evolution (namely mine) should be linear. In this expected cycle,...