Wow! I woke up to a voice message from an elderly gentleman from Cleveland, Ohio (my home town) who had just finished my book and wanted to commend me on it and share stories with me. I waited while my Keurig poured my first cup of coffee into my Mindful Mug and had [...]

We anchored in Tekearn, up an arm near a waterfall in the Desolation Sound, BC. After lighting the BBQ grill on fire (oy!) while cooking salmon marinated in oil, garlic, ginger, and lemon, we had a sumptuous meal of crab and 7-ingredient veggie fried rice, salmon, and delicious crisp white [...]

I had a big huge experience in my body on a night not too long ago, as I stood close to the stage in the bar at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. My daughter Cara was gigging with her band, Wsprgrl. She’s the singer/songwriter and she’s really quite phenomenal. I’ve witnessed [...]

I had an interesting conversation with my 86-year-old Dad today as we were driving in the car. He mentioned that it looked like Kavanaugh’s nomination looked like it was going to go through…it looks like he has the votes. “That woman, Christine Blasey Ford had to go through all this for nothing,” he [...]

I love what I do! Oh my goodness, I am meeting the most amazing human beings… people out there doing the good work of helping others to live better! This force of nature, Lynnis Woods-Mullins, interviewed me for her podcast “The Wellness Journey” and I knew, right then and there, that she was [...]

My late mother sent me a message today. Two years ago, after she passed away, I was aching for a message from her. My sister sent me a book about how to recognize signals from beyond our realm and I started seeing feathers, feathers where there were no trees right above, or a [...]

This place is not easy to get to – you must pass through the Malibu Rapids and can only do so at slack tide, best at high slack tide, which needs to be calculated each day. The current in the Malibu Rapids rushes in or out at 9 knots, so even going with [...]

Yesterday, as I walked into a friend’s book signing event, a younger (40-something) friend of mine named Lisa came up to me and said, “Oh my God! I just finished your book! I’m making my husband read it! It’s going to be my bible!” This beautiful young mom went on to say how [...]

I’d like to say that I like hiking, because I’d like to be one of those cool, outdoorsy women who can do anything; but…I hate hiking! In the Pacific Northwest this summer, we dropped anchor on our sailboat in all these beautiful coves in the Islands. We took our little inflatable tender to shore. Sometimes [...]

One fabulous activity that you probably already do and have never thought of as a mindfulness exercise in daily life is listening to music. If you are really listening and letting it fill you up and move you, you are using music as meditation. And, you are rewiring your brain for more happiness. [...]