For years, I tried to conform to traditional expectations, struggling to fit into boxes that were never meant for me. An inner vision—one that speaks from the soul—can’t be confined or forced into someone else’s mold. But I didn’t trust my path. I doubted myself and felt unworthy of the calling that tugged at my…
I used to think the mistakes I’d made had ruined my life. I walked away when a major publisher wanted to publish my book Getting Messy in a different format. I lost a substantial inheritance by investing in questionable stock purchases. I’ve failed to plan ahead. And so on. But one of the most powerful…
A beautiful poem from the magnificent @parkerPalmer, one of my favorite teachers. “Your life never was the solo turn it seemed to be. It was always part of the great weave of nature and humanity, an immensity we come to know only as we follow our own small threads to the place where they merge…
After I finished my Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, I tried very hard to do what I was ‘supposed’ to do… get a tenure-track position at some respectable university. But I couldn’t do it. Instead, I moved to the wilderness of northwest Montana and lived in a teepee for a few years. Here’s what…
I spent years trying to fit into traditional boxes, yet never fitting in… because an inner vision will never fit into a box. I spent more years not trusting my path and feeling that I wasn’t the right person for what I felt called to do. I didn’t want to make waves, speak out, or…
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