by adminwomen | Dec 28, 2025 | Crone, Elder, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Spiritual Voyage, Wisewoman Transition
You don’t have to know The Way, The Way knows The Way You don’t have to Plan The way Trust the Way Feel your Way The Way knows The Way knows The Way knows The Way. —Song by Lindsay Scott This song resonates with my year of riding the waves of life as an elder. ...
by adminwomen | Oct 10, 2025 | Deep Diving - Stage 3, Embodiment, Fierce Compassion, Mindfulness, Phase III — Diving Into The Deep
I just had an incredible day with two friends I have known for 45 years. I met them in Steamboat Springs, CO, when I was living there in 1980. Now, here in Longmont, it was just as great as each time we have gotten together to ski, hike, climb mountains, backpack,...
by adminwomen | May 16, 2025 | Embodiment, Mindfulness, Nature practices, Self-Compassion
The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night in fear, in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the...
by adminwomen | Jul 7, 2024 | Fear, Mindfulness, Phase I — Lost at Sea
This Fourth of July was very tarnished for me. I used to think that we had a great country and we will always be strong and brave and free and that’s what we celebrated on the Fourth of July — Independence Day. I feel our country is exploding or imploding and there...
by adminwomen | Feb 8, 2024 | Fierce Compassion, Mindfulness, Phase II — Finding A Mooring, Spiritual Voyage
I just returned from a 6 day silent retreat at the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe. As I headed home, I felt the familiar challenge of how to talk about this experience to my friends and family. What can I say about why this is important to me, for our relationships, for...
by adminwomen | Apr 24, 2023 | Fierce Compassion, Grief, Mindfulness, Phase III — Diving Into The Deep, Spiritual Voyage
I just saw the movie “TopGun II“ in which the main character Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is speaking to his colleague and friend Tom Kazansky (Val Kilmer) as they face his impending death together. Tom’s message to Pete is “It’s time to let go, Pete.” In that...
