Mondays

Welcome, Monday, we missed you.

Mondays used to mean I would have to kiss Sunday goodbye and enter the world of supermarket sales and moving tea through distribution channels. Mondays also used to mean I was exhausted because I had usually worked a trade show or caught up on marketing over the weekend. Running Zhena’s Gypsy Tea was fun, butRead More


Some Thoughts on Civilization

Some thoughts on civilization. Bali Journal #2 We’ve never been in this territory before. It’s loud and overcrowded, there is construction everywhere. A steady flow of traffic is heading somewhere we can’t see. The new Ritz Carlton is going up where the monkeys used to dwell. The owners of the villa are a young BulgarianRead More


The Ego and the Soul

Dear Ones, some thoughts… The ego and the soul At once, the ego jumps to a solution. It levels the odds, bridges the divide, and saves the world. The ego polishes the silver and counts the money. It wants what it wants the way it wants it. It defends its home, city and views withRead More


Autopilot Inner Conversations & Permission to Rest

After a month in Bali, I promised I’d return to work and pace myself with better discernment. I’d say No more often. I’d intersperse delicious bouts of rest into my work days and linger in the gratitude and grace that was my reality in Bali. After a week and a half home, I discovered an autopilot programRead More


Who Were You in Your Last Life?

Last November, I took the plunge into my last lifetime. I didn’t know whether I believed in past lives or not, but I did know that my children came into this world with crystalline clear memories of other lifetimes. When I met Ann Barham, therapist and past life regression expert, and acquired her book TheRead More


Aim True, The Power of Yoga with Kathryn Budig

“Artemis, huntress of the moon, make my aim true.” This week, I sat down with yoga superstar Kathryn Budig to discuss her secrets for balance, success, and how she ‘aims true’ in her life. Aiming true is about knowing your natural abilities and how to apply them to your life. It is letting go ofRead More


Living The Truth with Betsy Chasse

“Happiness isn’t a destination. Happiness is a state of mind.For this week’s episode of Change Maker, I sat down with filmmaker Besty Chasse to talk life stories, uplifting women, and living your truth… What The Bleep Do We Know? Filmmaker Betsy Chasse on the film’s aftermath in her life, “After The Bleep came out I wasRead More


Wellness Has a Sound?

I sat down for a chat with co-founders of Kijini, Matthew Sanderson and Mark Hinds, to talk frequency, resonance, and voice analysis… Who knew that the high and low points in your recorded voice give clues to the state of your health, “Your voice essentially represents the frequencies that are in your nervous system andRead More


How to Live in The Realm of Maybe

Are you addicted to certainty? Do you write stories about what needs to happen in order for you to be ok? “I’m going to have this job until I retire.” “I’m going to have this amount of money in the bank by the time I’m fifty.” “My child is going to go to this collegeRead More


The Wisdom of No Criticism and Emotional Connection

“When we started our life together, 35 years ago, there weren’t any self-help books on how to have a better relationship. We looked around for people that we could model and we didn’t find very many role models with the kind of relationship we wanted.” That is how the seed was planted for the HendricksRead More