What’s Under the Surface is Alive Friends, I am writing on Substack now and hope you’ll subscribe to Journey With The Seasons here. A taste of this week’s practice: Hello to you, wherever this January finds you: in a rainy place, a sunny place, a snowy, frozen place. Hello to you, whether the first week of…

Dear Friends, I hope wherever you are during this in-between kind of week before the New Year, you are well. As 2023 approaches in a few days, I am taking another step towards sharing my passion, connecting with my creativity and healing in body and spirit. …

by Julianne Theodoropulos I am excited to share a beautiful piece of writing from one of my workshop participants, Julianne Theodoropolus. Feed Your Spirit Writing offers online workshops focusing on the intersection of writing and spiritual growth…come join us! It’s so good to see him. Gone from this world 14 years now. He…

A Reflection for Thanksgiving 2022 by Tali Torres I am so excited to share a beautiful piece of writing from one of my workshop participants, Tali Torres. Feed Your Spirit Writing offers online workshops focusing on the intersection of writing and spiritual growth…come join us! This Thanksgiving I remember home as it was all my life, all those…

I was honored that this essay led to a segment where I told my story on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered.’ You can listen here. The sun streamed through the flimsy window shade in our Munich hostel room, waking me. I grabbed for my water bottle, dehydrated from the night before…

I’m not packing my son off for college this week…some families have different stories. This week, most of my friends are packing up children for college. I check in with them, send them love and safe travels, tell them I’m here to meet for coffee when they get back from…

Finding Hope In This Dark Moment On Independence Day, when I was growing up, we would go to cookouts at the Weinstein’s* house. There was always a kickball game, adults vs. kids and when the sun went down, Mr. …

I am happy to turn 51. I am happy for every wrinkle that greets me in the mirror, for the way the skin on my neck has changed, the signs of my aging. I have survived cancer. I have also learned to live with a chronic illness (Type 1 diabetes)…

A memorial poem for the victims of Uvalde Through Feed Your Spirit Writing, I teach online writing workshops focusing on spiritual growth. I am humbled and grateful to share this powerful and timely work by one of my participants Julianne Theodoropulos. IT HAPPENED It happened in a state where I do not live In a town I’ve never…