I have this theory that whenever life offers me a painful experience, I am also being given the opportunity to identify a particular pocket of feeling that I have always carried around inside myself, always until now, along with the opportunity to move through it and see it gone.

My theory is, that when this little pocket of fear or nastiness is being brought to the surface by my life circumstances, it is actually, upon being truly felt and identified, on its way UP AND OUT. I'm saying th... read more

Recently I've explored a little known art form, called simply by its proponents, "beaming." Beaming involves being in a very good mood, or at least feeling open, and then can be facilitated by a sunny day, a child giggling, expansive music or, as in my case, the opportunity to dress up in wild costumes and parade before thousands of people. I don't think one really has to be parading to experience beaming, but it does help.

Now that the parades are over for me this year, I intend to pr... read more