Female

What I have gathered through experience and reflection is that life makes most sense to me as a practice. We practice our professions, health and relationships, sometimes hitting the mark and sometimes missing, but hopefully learning as we go. The goal of the practice is growth in breadth, depth and connection toward the Truth that we are all One. I am delighted to find that practicing this is making me happier and more resilient as I go, even as I stumble, brush off, move on...

I believe we are here to 1) clean the slate and 2) re-create/co-create a sustainable future. I was born and raised in Portland and then chose to live in some very different and far-flung places. I have experienced some ways of living that stretched, inspired and scared me. These experiences have shown me that we in this generation and region have been born into amazing privilege, meaning: WE ARE LITERALLY THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD! Now, the question seems to be: what do we DO with that?

For me, stories are one of the best ways for learning/communicating/playing with/healing each other. I like to convey and hear stories, both personally and professionally. I am an analyst, a dot-connector, a synthesist, a map-maker, designer, referee, player and cheerleader. I wholeheartedly support your quest to enliven your happy vision and ground it down to the center of the Earth and I hope you will help me stay on track with my own quest for the same. I am currently working on the *style* with which I do these things... Um, yeah. I mean, these are serious endeavors and all that but I seriously believe in: "Laugh often and laugh out loud." That said, if you don't like being reminded about the circle that completes the story and the essential goodness of living it all the way through, then you probably will not find my company very comfortable. But if you do, then I invite you to be part of my story and I would be delighted to be part of yours!