Last week I spoke about living from the inside out. This is the journey inward, to be in touch with our inmost self, who we truly are. Then it is the journey outward, finding a way to express that self in words, actions, and way of life. Of course, it […] Read more

Last week I spoke of trusting the unfolding process of life from within ourselves. With the help of others, as well as story, music, and other arts, this process involves uncovering and living from our inner core, our heart, out true home. It lies beneath all the accumulated layers added […] Read more

To continue the reflections of the last few weeks. I would like to recall an expression that has resonated with me for many years. It is to trust the unfolding process of life within us. To do so require a number of things. It involves becoming present to and aware […] Read more

This week’s reflection is presented by friend, colleague, and co-author, Jane Ripley. It is a followup to the last few weeks. We have just published a children’s story. The Rainbow Tear. It is a modern folktale that, like all folktales, offers images to explore the whole range of human feelings. […] Read more

Last week, I suggested that our true home is the place of our authentic personal voice. This is the voice that comes from our inmost core, from our sacred worth. It involves our tuning into the meaning and beauty of life. This awareness encompasses life in its both/and dimensions, its […] Read more

Last week, I spoke of our inner journey as a journey home, a journey to the core of our being. This core is a point of sacred worth. It can be seen also as the centre, the inmost self from which all within us flows and into which all is […] Read more

Last week, I suggested that at the very core of our being, there is an aching longing. This is a longing that may be at once uncovered and responded to by the experience of beauty. That beauty may be experienced in music, in art, in story. It may also be […] Read more

The Healing and Challenging Power of Beauty I have spoken recently of winter as a time of slowing down and listening to the deepest voices within us.  I also spoke of disturbing feelings that need to be listened to and named in a safe place. The same is true of […] Read more