ThriveWisely

Haven’t been around here for a while…been a lot of other places, though: in the desert, in my head, at an event about places, at a show dancing my booty off, online, in my garden, in a scarf and parka, and so on and so forth.

I would highly recommend that you check out this place: […]

Hearing of the unrest in Tibet over the past days has left me feeling heartbroken. In the building in the background of this photo–Jokhung Temple–I walked among spinning prayer wheels and yak butter lamps and was fascinated and inspired with the joyful monks chanting–it resonates in your chest and all through your body as […]

Today, I have been powerfully reminded how lucky I am to do what I’m doing and to be connected with amazing people who make my journey through this life so rich and inspiring.  I’m savoring that thought and the broad grin it brings to my face.
What are you savoring today?  What reminds you how lucky […]

Sometimes Charlie Rose has the best guests on his show.  Last night featured Richard Branson–adventure-seeker, entrepreneur, knight, ba-jillionaire, and philanthropist.  He has the most amazing view of wealth and capitalism–one that really puts into check a lot of the stories I have held about money.  His take is that the wealth he has accumulated places […]

I called upon an oracle this morning for energy to navigate all that’s in front of me and this is what I found:
When in deep water, become a diver.
I love the call to lean in, to not fight the elements. It reminds me of a Taoist term ‘wu wei’, which points to effortless doing, […]

You see, I want a lot.
Perhaps I want everything:
the darkness that comes with every infinite fall
and the shivering blaze of every step up.
–Rainer Maria Rilke

The abstraction is often the most definitive form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint. –Georgia O’Keefe
On Tuesday, I made the snap decision to visit the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to see an exhibit I had been longing to see for months…Georgia O’Keefe: Circling Around Abstraction.
As I pulled up […]

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events not words. Trust movement. -Alfred Adler
This explains the ‘why’ of my absence from the blogosphere–well, this and the fact that my Mac has been in and out of the shop over the past week, and still shuts down whenever it chooses to, including […]

1: the 50 blog comments waiting to be moderated would actually be comments from readers and not viagra ads.
2: two crazily creative and inspiring women I recently met through my favorite colleague who can’t wait to help us make e>v and buddhycall real.
3: Joseph and Birk and Earnest and the whole collective at Overproof. These […]

Do you ever find yourself grinning from ear to ear with a heart that’s so full of love for all that makes up your life and for the people who have found their way into your life–for even just a moment or for the very first time or once again?  Do you ever find yourself […]