“Empathy is really important… Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.” ~ Jane Goodall It’s been a week. As I write this...
To listen for an echo from the depths, in our thoughts, in our reading, or in our listening to the repeated drops of blessed rain after a long drought, is to live in the deeper parallels...
“I’m in trouble,” I said out loud, and quite calmly, with no other human ears to hear me. A few moments before this declaration, I had considered whether I could safely take down our...
Every once in a while, a seemingly incomprehensible array of life experiences come together to serve you in the moment. I’ve been experiencing such a moment since the election, with birch...
Early this morning, my 90-year-old mother texted me and said, “What’s the plan today?” I thought she was referring to it being election day. Like every other American I know (and...
We walked single file through the dense, dripping jungle of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Our family’s two local guides seemed to have night vision lenses implanted in their eyeballs as...
Yes, they really are that blue. The feet, I mean. Of the boobies. Of the blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii), anyway, not to be confused with the red-footed boobies (S. sula) or the Nazca...
Photos: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography Playful. Curious. Chill. These are the words you'll hear over and over again when people describe their Galapagos sea lion...
Photo: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography For the first time since I can remember (perhaps maybe ever), I don’t feel like I need a vacation to recover from my family vacation....
https://youtu.be/-jrIl81VwmE Best viewed full screen on a computer or tablet. When was the last time you surrendered to joy like you used to do as a child? Most of us lose this connection...
Photo: © Theo Bosboom/NPL/Minden Pictures in The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle 2024 Calendar produced by Amber Lotus® Before I dive in here, let me underscore that I did not take the...
Photo by Aida L on Unsplash As part of my personal and professional infrastructure reboot over the past year in the run-up to my 60th birthday this April, I have been working to identify...