Editor’s Desk: PRAYERS FOR UKRAINE
As I write this, I’m sitting warm and well fed in the safety and comfort of my apartment as I watch Alexander Prokhorenko, an incredibly courageous and articulate restaurant owner, speaking live from Kyiv on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC on Feb 25, 2022. His is only one of…
Editor’s Desk: Being an Ally to Eradicate Racism
As many of you know, for the last two years I have participated in two anti-racism groups that come together once a month. We are a group of women sharing our experience and learnings regarding social justice. It has been a process for gaining insight and moving into trust…
Editor’s Desk: Everyday Miracles
My dear sister of my heart, Linda Merryman, with whom I’ve been in circle for more than 25 years sent out the following piece that she was inspired to write. I love it so much and I received her permission to share with all of you. I hope you relish…
Editor’s Desk: Tribute to Tom Greenaway
Our friend and associate Tom Greenaway died on December 13, 2021. He was 86 years old. His landlady, Lorie Leaf, called to give me the news. She said he apparently died peacefully and quickly in his sleep from a blood clot. He was a teammate in New Dimension for…
Editor’s Desk: FINDING NEW DIMENSIONS ONCE MORE
I recently received this note from a listener in Australia. I know she represents my own experience of New Dimensions. I’m often saying that I do this work as much for me as for listeners as I continue my own quest to evolve my own awareness and consciousness. —…
Editor’s Desk: Recalling My Mentor Michael Toms
Recently I delivered the keynote address at SpiritFest in Ridgway, Colorado and shared a story of one of my mentors. I’m often asked a question regarding the many extraordinary wisdom leaders that I I’ve met through the years. Who was the most inspiring? I can supply many answers, however, first…
Editor’s Desk: Life as an Emotional Ticking Time Bomb
The description of a metaphor of a personal, emotional ticking time bomb is a situation that will eventually become problematic if not addressed. I’ve had a few of these go off; one only causing harm to myself; the other causing harm to another. The first time I became aware of…
Editor’s Desk: Visualizing Lost Objects
Several weeks ago I lost my prescription sunglasses/bifocals. I use them for driving and having bifocals makes it easy to look down and see my dashboard as well as deciphering road signs. They usually reside in my purse. However my purse, like my closets, is so full it’s often open…
Editor’s Desk: What’s Currently On My Mind
The research of Suzanne Simard, Ph.D., professor of forest ecology in the University of British Columbia’s faculty of forestry and author of Finding The Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, tells us that trees form a robust, complex, interlocking network. They communicate through these networks. Her dogged research…
Editor’s Desk: Serenade of the Flies
One spring, my friend, the late Sedonia Cahill invited me to join her on a vision quest she would be leading the following summer. It was pretty easy to say yes because I knew that any adventure headed up by Sedonia was bound to be exciting. Besides, spending a couple…