I’m pilgrimaging again this year! This week I’ll be walking, for the fourth time, from the pyramids of Teotihuacan to the Basilica of Guadalupe. 11 hours, 26 miles, carrying prayers …

Imagine I am sitting across from you, holding both your hands in mine, looking into your eyes, and saying, you can do this. We are all in this together. Let's choose love over fear, discernment over judgment, and clarity over confusion.
I’m pilgrimaging again this year! This week I’ll be walking, for the fourth time, from the pyramids of Teotihuacan to the Basilica of Guadalupe. 11 hours, 26 miles, carrying prayers …
One of the biggest questions we get emailed is: Which book do I read first? So my team asked me to write my thoughts on my eight book children and where …
What do you do when someone’s faith is invested in something you perceive as harmful to them or others? Take Chris, for instance. Chris was part of our community in …
On optimism, compassion, and fuel for change I’ve had a small book sitting on my shelf for the past two years, written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It’s called …
On being a White person supporting Black and Brown and Indigenous people, part 1 Watch the video version here I know these are extra confusing times for many of you. …
Humans: Let’s Face Our Worst Case Scenarios and Move On to More Creative Endeavors Oh, the enormous amount of energy we humans expend swimming through the choppy waters of …
Tomorrow we will mark the midway point between Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox in the northern hemisphere. On August 1st we celebrate Lamas, also called Lughnasad, a cross-quarter day that …
Do you ever have that feeling when you start out inspired by something and then end up comparing yourself unfavorably, or thinking you are not enough, or that you don’t …
Or: Why you want to be a warrior and why you do not. Many plants are medicinal in the right dosage. Take too much and they can be poisonous. Take …
Last year I wrote a blog called “To the daughter I never had” where I shared my experiences spending time with an ex-boyfriend’s budding-into-teenager daughter (read that blog here). I …
I seriously broke someone’s heart almost twenty years ago. I did not do this gracefully or kindly. I had fallen in love with someone else and the transition was abrupt …
It’s something I used to fear, and now I crave. When it happens, nothing else matters. And though the coming back can be difficult, my life is always different, and …