Stressful experiences, both chronic and acute, can etch your inner landscape and make their presence known through anxiety, reactivity, judgment, feeling closed off/constricted, or overall feelings of disconnection. Each of......

It was 1996, and one of my many nicknames was “Caffeine,” except spelled with a K to mimic my name, Kathleen. I had to admit it was pretty funny and......

Have you ever stared into a starry sky? Lying on your back you’re asking why. What’s the purpose I wonder who am? If you’ve ever stared into a starry sky”......

When someone else’s “rule book” is guiding my decisions, I suffer.  When I am living by outdated rules I have created for myself, I suffer.  If there are “shoulds” in......

Staying present or “awake” in this world is not easy!  Often our days are filled with routine and habitual actions (or news), that makes it a challenge to be inspired,......

How are you feeling this holiday season?  Although this time of year can bring joy and celebration, there can also be stress.  How is your nervous system handling the extra......

I recently took a course with psychotherapist and shaman, Sandra Ingerman.  She shared a powerful, yet simple practice of holding a word within and really feeling it.  Feeling the word......

This summer my family went on an eleven-day backpacking trip in the Appalachian Mountains.  Eleven days of no phone, no cars, no electronics (using maps, not apps). We returned to......

A magnificent old pecan tree lives in my backyard.  I have personified her as a wise older southern woman- strong and resilient, with sound advice.  I instantly felt drawn to......

Nature is already whole unto itself, a full expression in that moment of completeness – completeness that is ever changing.  To claim this truth for ourselves would be revolutionary, right?......