Category Archives: Personal

I didn’t really come out of the pandemic in the same way I went in. In fact, I often “joke” that I went from extrovert to hermit, skipping over introvert and then didn’t really come back out all that social or connected. Some of this was an over-dependence and reliance on technology and the virtualContinue reading “Reflections of an “Imperfectionist”: Intentional Pathways to Growth and Change”

I don’t’ write much unless I cannot (not) do so because of the topic or a deep movement in my soul that pulls me into it, often against my will. This is one such topic. With all the layoffs lately and my recent transition to more independent work while still being open to full-time employmentContinue reading “All May Not Seem Fair in Love and Work Life: Parallels in Dating and Committed Romantic Relationships and the World of Work“

Disclaimer: nothing I have or say is original, and all of it comes from sources of which I know and some of which I do not know. I often speak and live my life with great hypocrisy that rings in my ears and reflects in my mirrors, so I am painfully and joyfully human, youContinue reading “Emerging Changes, Beautiful Transitions”

This is a tribute to a day celebrating the heathy integrated or blended masculine and feminine, also known as “Father’s Day.” Some decades ago, when I was in a faith community setting, the clergy asked all the biological fathers (or mothers on Mother’s Day) to stand up on “their” day. Then somewhere along the line,Continue reading “Tribute to my parents: integrated and balanced, healthy masculine and feminine, as the true, third way of parenting.”

I don’t write very often, maybe once or twice a year and only when it’s impossible not to.  This time it’s my fifty-eighth birthday as I begin my thirty-first year “in recovery”, whatever that means and for what that’s all worth.  It’s not that I believe I don’t have a voice, but it’s that theContinue reading “A Season of Reflection: The Constant (and Nagging but Generative) Need for Acceptance and Change”

Spring is almost here and today, fifty-seven is what I turn, which actually sounds like a leaf in the fall or navigating a corner on the way to somewhere I mostly want to go. I also often think of the journey we are on, hopefully desired, everyday, and I would like to take this opportunityContinue reading “Dear Friends in and of Recovery”

I often say, the ripple of the 60’s just about killed me, so I’m glad I’m only an indirect product of that era.  As a high school freshman back in the late 70’s, I remember fear-based tactical health and sex ed where we were taught the end was nigh if we used or abused ourContinue reading “Navigating Minefields and Surviving Torrential Waters on the Servant’s Journey: Leading through Transformation of Heart and Soul into Relationship and Community.”

Dear Sojourners, I’m sure you either noticed the children on the corner waiting for the buses this week or even shepherded your own flock before you navigated the increased traffic on the way to work. Even though I don’t have children in the home anymore, and my work is primarily with adults, I cannot help butContinue reading ““Walking the (Imperfect) Walk” on a Journey of “Continual Conversion”to Better Living”

Welcome to WordPress.com. After you read this, you should delete and write your own post, with a new title above. Or hit Add New on the left (of the admin dashboard) to start a fresh post. Here are some suggestions for your first post. You can find new ideas for what to blog about byContinue reading “Hello world!”