It’s been a horrific fire season in Northern California and yesterday I had a speaking engagement in San Francisco where I knew that some of the participants would be evacuees from the fire. (So far the death toll is 40 and 90,000 are homeless. Wildfire has consumed people’s homes, entire communities, schools, businesses…) I didn’t…
When we follow the creative, magic unfolds. We find ourselves meeting unexpected people, exploring new places, and stepping into situations we never could have planned. Instead of adhering to rigid schedules or checking off a to-do list, we’re guided by the beauty and energy of the present moment. Of course, our ego resists. It craves…
My journey into the world of metaphor was entirely unplanned. It wasn’t a choice I made, but rather a path that unfolded for me through a series of profound, mystical, and even harrowing experiences. I became an advocate for a realm of non-ordinary beauty that urgently wants to be known—a realm accessible through the power…
Three Clients in Darkness: Finding Transformation Through Metaphor Recently, three separate clients came to me in dark and desperate places. One had just lost her job and described herself as being trapped in a “coffin.” Another, a single mother with a two-month-old baby, was living in a foreign country without a support system. Her life,…
Nearly two years ago, I published a book on teaching, Getting Messy: A Guide to Taking Risks and Opening the Imagination. At its core, the book explores teaching as a creative and transformative process—a journey of learning alongside our students. By approaching teaching as a shared inquiry, we stay renewed, recharged, and inspired. Teaching as…
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