For more than a decade, I’ve gotten to talk to the most interesting people in the world about the most interesting parts of their lives. I’m talking about my private clients, who are ambitious, successful, tender, justice-oriented, mystical, grounded, creative, intellectual, sensitive, fierce, world-changing kindred spirits. While I guard their privacy fiercely and rarely tell […]

Imagine, if you will, a great cosmic battle. Two mighty forces, swords drawn, facing each other down in an ampitheater made of stars. (Technically, this showdown is in my head, inside my imagination, occurring in my consciousness, but since technically we’re all made of stardust, it still counts.) The two foes face off. Their faces are grim. […]

One night last week, I sat up in bed, turned on the light, and wrote something startling in my journal: I was just about to drift off to sleep and I realized– I’m happy. That’s what this feeling is. Contentment. Everything is okay, the kids are okay, nothing is on fire– all is well. Wow. […]

Friends, I’m writing you from the swirl of a tiny domestic crisis. If you want to hear something important and profound, I’m afraid this missive is not that. It really is the story of a tempest in a precious privileged little teacup… or perhaps a cute laundry basket. However, if life feels exhausting and you […]

We have a bad chicken. No fence can keep her in. No run can contain her. No gate is a match for her wiliness. She disappeared a few weeks back and we thought– oh no! she must have been taken by one of the hawks that has been attacking our flock! We sighed. But no no, […]