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Reflections, insights and observations inspired by walking with a dog named Asha

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Listening to your inner wisdom

Shapes of beauty

February 17, 2026 Comments

In the absence of leaves: Graphic design against blue skies (read more and listen, 1:28 minutes)

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Tagged with Giving attention, Holding reverence, Listening to your inner wisdom, Winter

A wayfinder’s tale

April 7, 2024 Comments

Map the woman drew after her walk

I made a map that tells a story – about where I’ve walked (and about getting to know wooded paths and trusting how I find my own way). (read more or listen, 7:11 minutes)

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Tagged with Befriending uncertainty, Connecting with the land, Listening to your inner wisdom, Making space for the unknown, Wayfinding

Tenderness of new beginnings

August 1, 2023 Comments

silvery green Downy Shadbush leaves

Listening to the whispered wisdom from leaves of an unfamiliar shrub encourage me to meet myself with tenderness as I explore the next iteration of my work. (read more or listen, 6:36 minutes)

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Tagged with Listening to your inner wisdom, Making space for the unknown

Lying on a frozen pond

April 29, 2022 Comments

view of the trail from the middle of the frozen pond

Lying on a frozen pond, trusting the ice will hold me, feels akin to the decision-making that took me away from the solid ground of the familiar. (read more or listen, 7:13 minutes)

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Tagged with Listening to your inner wisdom, Wayfinding

Mary Oliver at the beaver meadow

December 4, 2021 Comments

“Norma,” my inner critic, visited while I lingered at the beaver meadow. Mary Oliver’s poetry helped me reclaim my enoughness. (read more or listen, 6:05 minutes)

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Tagged with Connecting with the land, Listening to your inner wisdom, Quieting your inner critic, Slowing down, Stepping into enoughness

While looking for birch seeds

March 8, 2021 Comments

tiny birch seeds and bracts on the snow

What I found while crunching through the snow searching for birch seeds. (read more or listen, 6:05 minutes)

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Tagged with Listening to your inner wisdom, Slowing down

Respecting No

November 1, 2020 Comments

Asha stops on the trail

How Asha’s instinctive No led me to begin to acknowledge and respect my own body’s No’s — without layers of Supposed to or Should. (read more or listen, 5:34 minutes)

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Tagged with Letting go of Shoulds, Listening to your inner wisdom

Daring to rest

November 17, 2019 Comments

old maple tree

When my inner wisdom sagely invited herself into the conversation I was having with my inner critic, she posed a permission-giving question. (read more or listen, 3:59 minutes)

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Tagged with Listening to your inner wisdom, Quieting your inner critic, Slowing down, Stepping into enoughness

Holding on and letting go

October 30, 2019 Comments

Asha chews a snowy stick

How snow, a dog and a stick helped me hear what my heart most needed. (read more or listen, 4:08 minutes)

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Tagged with Listening to your inner wisdom, Navigating change

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