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Living Affirmations: Words That Walk With You
A new book is out and this one has a long history behind it.
There’s a moment many of us know. Something stirs. A restlessness without a name. A quiet sense that who you’ve been and who you’re becoming are asking for different things. It might arrive through a transition, a loss, or simply the accumulating weight of a life not yet fully lived.
That stirring is the beginning of something. And it rarely feels comfortable at first.
Living Affirmations: Mindful Steps Toward Inner Growth was written for exactly those moments and the journey that follows them.…
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What We Leave Behind on the Trail: The Art of Releasing
Glimpse Ahead: Sometimes what we find on the trail teaches us about what we leave behind. In this reflection, I explore how presence and movement creates space for release and how letting go makes room for what wants to emerge. But all leaving behind is not the same. The different ways we leave things behind matters.
The Bottle’s Story
This spring I was walking a familiar stretch of trail through the woods when something caught my eye. Nestled in the foliage beside the path, not thrown carelessly but apparently placed there, sat a bottle of iced tea, a Stewart’s Convenience Store, “Refresher.”…
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Encountering the Unexpected on Familiar Trails
Glimpse Ahead: Even the most familiar paths can surprise us. Sometimes what blocks our way becomes the very thing that reveals resources we didn’t know we were carrying. This essay looks at how things change when we don’t know what’s coming, and how the things that seem to hold us back can show us how we adjust to new situations.
When the Familiar Becomes Unfamiliar
I’ve walked this trail dozens of times. The same loop, the same landmarks, the same spot where I let the dogs wade, the same comforting sense of rhythm.…
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Becoming and Being: The Motion Within the Moment
Glimpse Ahead: Becoming isn’t just a steady march toward something new. Being and becoming move together, not as separate states, but in partnership. Each shapes the other along the path. Becoming reveals itself in presence, in what we notice and in each small choice. Being and becoming mirror the dance between where we are and who is already emerging. Even small shifts carry us closer to the self unfolding within.
Trailhead Invitation
I headed out inviting thoughts about being and becoming. My first goal was simply to appreciate being out in nature.…