Your Life is Not a Problem to Solve Hi Reader, Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a familiar pattern showing up in many of my client conversations. It often begins with a simple but weighty question: “What should I do next?” From there, it’s easy to move quickly into problem-solving mode -- mapping out options, researching roles, comparing paths, trying to figure out the "right" answer. The focus narrows to which job, which direction, which decision will finally bring clarity. And yet,...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Who Am I Becoming Now? Hi Reader, Over the past few weeks, I’ve been struck by how unpredictable this season has felt. One day it’s 80 degrees and full of light… the next, snow, dark clouds, or heavy winds roll through. Even here in the mid-Atlantic area, the swings have been dramatic -- warmth, then cold, then storms, even tornados, that seem to come out of nowhere. In some ways, it feels like a reflection of the larger moment we’re living in. There is so much happening in the world right...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, Last week I offered a reflection for Well for the Journey's Well Being Wednesday that explored a question that feels especially relevant in our times: What if fragmentation is not the deepest truth about us? Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Letter From A Birmingham Jail wrote: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Even when life feels divided…even when relationships feel...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Something is Stirring Hi Reader, Have you felt it? Not full spring. Not yet. But something shifting. And this year, early February holds a quiet convergence. There are at least four events from various spiritual traditions that happen around this time of year, but since they are all tied to sun and moon cycles in different ways their dates on our Gregorian calendar shift each year. This year they all fell with within the first two weeks of February - three of the four happened this week!...
3 months ago • 4 min read
The Sacred Space Between Letting Go and What’s Next Hi Reader, As we move deeper into autumn, I’m noticing how this season invites us to loosen our grip and trust what needs to fall away. In one of the community groups I’m part of, we recently discerned that it was time to let go of a long-cherished part of our shared life. It had served us well for many years — but its season had passed. Even though it was a tender decision, we could sense it was right. Now we’re in that in-between moment —...
6 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, Have you ever reached a point in your career where what once felt right no longer does? Maybe you’ve outgrown the role that once energized you. Maybe you’re questioning whether to stay, to leave, or to make a shift. Or maybe you simply sense that something needs to change, but you can’t quite name what. That’s what it means to be at a career crossroads. Today I’m opening up a new small group experience called Career Crossroads: Discerning Your Way Forward. It’s a 4-session journey...
8 months ago • 1 min read