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In the Northern Hemisphere, we’re gently gliding into Autumn. Even as we grasp for the final, juiciest tomatoes and jumbo-sized ears of sweet corn, seasonal shifts are beginning to show themselves. Changes that beckon, challenge and encourage us to align with the prompts of these wise, perennial cycles.

I’m on a crusade to de-vilify Mercury Retrograde. Which I realize might be a Crusade of One. Regardless, I’m thoroughly committed to the campaign. :: You might already have had a reaction to the title of this piece. An audible sigh? A furrowed brow? A snort of skeptical laughter? Instantaneous, fervent rejection of Mercury for

This month, I’ll be trotting down the lane of friendship. Wending my way through reflections about how this force in our lives is as essential as breath. Our dearest, long-term friends holding court for our unfolding, their presence as much a part of our soul-making as we are to ourselves. And equally, friends who temporarily

As you know, I like to lay down tracks for a monthly focus, as much for myself as for you – loose, broad brushstrokes to help guide our daily doings as well as moments of mindful practice and prayer. As May was winding down, I didn’t feel a strong directive as to a focus for

AS WE ROLL FROM APRIL INTO MAY, IT FELT NATURAL TO PULL ON A THREAD THAT WAS PART OF OUR APRIL THEME OF CLEARING OUT: RETENTION. Because sometimes amidst the fervor of Clearing Out, the flush of liberation that often accompanies acts of release, letting go, dusting until everything sparkles – we can overlook the

Following on our theme of Clearing Out for this month, let’s shift to the next stage in the process – actively working with the YES and NO piles that came from your Last Season’s Accumulations exercise. Thus far, the choices you’ve made are seated primarily in intention, not instant actuation.

This time of year, I get a little mad. As in loony, zealous, dotty, wacky. I start to feel the rising itch to shed all the heavy winter layers, of which there are always many. And it usually seems to happen overnight.

Can you hear it? That pulse? The steady thrum of ground beginning to rise and fall, earth turning over on itself as it stretches from a long, luxurious nap, ready to uncurl its winter-frozen spine? You may not hear it right away.

Authenticity, marked by a genuine attunement to the soul, feeds our resilience. When we push against our true nature, the very thing that is intended to have us unfold in our greatness, that rebellion wears us down, makes us less able to respond to the challenges of the world, strips us of the resource to

OUR RESILIENCE IS INEXTRICABLY TIED TO OUR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN. As we are stretched and challenged by circumstance, relationships, children, world news, climate events, the ebb and flow of our own inner landscape – the demands on our resilience undeniable – it is our ability to keep going, to willingly wrap our arms around the