I'd been practicing massage therapy for 3 years before North Carolina began licensing massage therapists. I was grandfathered in. The state didn't require anything beyond a business card (and maybe not even that) to practice massage therapy before the year 2000 . But in 1997 I decided to …
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Crushed
I have a crush on Liz Gilbert. Eat, Pray, Love was great. But Big Magic, yeah baby. And The Signature of All Things, somebody scrape me off the floor. (City of Girls...eh. But whatever!) So, when I heard Krista Tippett feature her on On Being last year, I should have …
Being on the wrong track
In 2017, right around this time of year, my life changed. Because I was rejected. And it was the best thing to ever happen to me. Here's the story. A well-meaning student approached me and asked if I would consider teaching her. I said yes, and happily constructed a plan to …
Sticking it out
Here's my rule of thumb lately: the more often I'm uncomfortable, the more comfortable I can be. When I'm willing to withstand some momentary discomfort, like not knowing how to do something, doing something that's scary or hard, being lost, or totally f*cking up, the bigger my comfort zone …
Time for gratitude
In the 2nd half of summer, when gardens are laden with squash sitting on the ground, sunflowers going to seed, tips of sweet corn rocketing through their husks, and branches heavy with peaches, there's an obvious theme of abundance. As our beloved Earth begins to slowly tilt us away from the …