How To Let Go Of The “Shoulds”

“At some point, you have to let go of what you think should be happening and live in what is happening.” elephant journal People are always saying that either they have to let go or telling you that you need to let go. Letting go is a big thing these days, yet the...

A Small Big Kindness

I was struggling. I was on my way back from the laundromat; I had three huge garbage bags full of laundry, clothes, sheets, towels, lovely and clean. I felt like I was carrying bags of wet sand. I was hot and sweaty. I was feeling like a fool; I was upset. Why was I...

Thoughts On Love

Love. Without fail, the number one request in almost every reading I have ever given has to do with love. “Am I going to meet someone?” “Have I met the one?” ” What about relationships?” I’ve read hundreds of people over the years, and I promise you, it doesn’t matter...

Lately

Lately, I feel like I’ve been floating down a tepid stream of ambivalence. Dawdling along, picking at the edges of my life, reluctant to fully commit to a day, a task, a project. I want to watch movies and nap, read books, walk the dog and bake. (At this point baking...

Barbies and grassy notions…

When I was little, sometimes I’d stand on the bed in the spare room and peer out the window to inspect the ground below. The side of our house that was never used, the side, that for a time, became a fixation. There wasn’t much to see, a long strip of grass and the...

Thoughts On Not Knowing

I’m in the mall, its the first day of the fair. Everything was set up the night before flowers on the tables, new sign up sheets at the front table. We look good. I’ve had my morning coffee, a little something to eat, and I’m ready to go. Then it happens, just as my...