Breakdown to Breakthrough
This year has been the hardest year of my life. 35 years of beliefs, assumptions, and dogma about who I am, what life is about, and where it’s all heading caught up with me in a big way. Total breakdown. The experience has me asking some new, better questions. All the years of meditating, reading, […]
Doorway Back to Light
Life is a journey. Along the paths we follow, we all will meet moments where we can’t continue in the same way we have been. Life breaks down, and we experience a rupture event that brings us to our knees. These are never easy experiences. The Heroine’s Journey offers a map of the process many of […]
Ho’oponopono
Our hearts have been heavy as news of the devastating wildfires in Hawaii continue to emerge. 💔 Over 2,700 homes and businesses have been destroyed and more than 100 people and counting have perished, making it the most deadly U.S. wildfire in over a century. It is overwhelming to grasp the levels of loss, shock, […]
We Evacuated at 2am
When it rains it pours…or maybe more apt for us this week, when it ignites, it burns. 🔥 This is a heartfelt update on what has been an incredibly scary, stressful, and exhausting week. Thank you for bearing witness and holding space for our highs and lows. 🙏🏼 So where do we begin? We wanted to tell […]
The Forgotten F-Word – Can you guess it?
I read an article today by Monica Lewinsky called The Forgotten F-Word in the Pandemic. Can you guess what F-Word she is referring to? No, not the colorful expletive many of us were yelling at our screens during the presidential debates. The F-Word she is poignantly calling our attention to pertains to the complex ways we FEEL during this […]
Into the Woods – Soul Searching to Find our Way
What does it mean to soul search? Is it something that you go looking for and some day find? Does it stop after you “find it”? Or is it an ongoing process? I would wager it’s the latter. The soul is an inseparable and essential part of ourselves. It actually isn’t “out there” at all, […]
A New Normal
One unexpected, but lovely, consequence of this pandemic is that I’m meeting more of my neighbors. Are you? It’s strange to say but during normal life we don’t seem to make time for even those that live closest to us. We pass by quickly in our cars, maybe we wave. I met Lynda early on […]
Get a Taste
Get a taste of what Wakes is all about with this little collection of posts. It’s a good place to start if you are wondering why we are here.