Sometime late 2008, as my mother begins her transition, I look at the historical dynamics between my sisters and myself. I find myself resigned to the idea that we’ll repeat who we’ve been, disallowing her transition to become ours. Yet faith rides on my coattails,...
Stop So much of what we do is on automatic. Our motives are often predictable--patterns we keep engaging without any real thought. What outcome or experience do you want this year that you’ve not yet had in this lifetime? Patterns are great if you're designing...
I’m a spiritualist, a teacher, a learner and lover of life. I am also a pessimist. I see the glass half empty; it has a crack and it's leaking on my paperwork, of which I have no copy. Yep, that’s how I see it. For years...
I was on a roll. Inspired. Motivated. Engaged. Creativity bursting at the seams...
I’m not going to even make you wait to read what I love about the financial meltdown that the Wall Street greedy created for us. It is this: we now know in our bones that there are no rules. We are soulful, spiritual beings who...
It’s Friday, July 29th, which means it’s the second-to-last day of Sun Dance at Sa’atoy Reservation. Folks are getting happy--but I’ve got to back it up to Thursday, because yesterday was the make-or-break day. The second day of the Sun Dance, from my perspective, is Hump...
On a small but loving reservation in Gallup, New Mexico, my family is gathering to kick up some dirt, dance around a tree and lay down some prayers to answer the prayers of many. Tree day was this past Tuesday. It signals the beginning of an...
It was later in life when I realized how much beauty meant to me. In my twenties, I helped open the Saks Fifth Avenue store in San Francisco’s Union Square. The store was abuzz with celebrities and parties - glorious fun. Amidst all that hubbub,...
Being a leader for the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) was an incredible path that kept me in a state of transformation. There were those gloriously fun moments when you got to co-lead with a leader you adored. Such was the moment for myself and Helen House...
In North America, we are about to celebrate Independence Day, a glorious holiday. Being American stands not only for independence as a nation but also for personal independence, or individualism. We’re very proud of our individualism and the outcomes of that, such as competition, self-reliance,...
