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What If You’re Not Ready Yet?
One granddaughter walked into kindergarten blowing kisses. The other cried for two hours at a new daycare. A reflection on thresholds, and on a painting whose hidden words still show through.
Even If You’re Feeling Stripped
Why shifting from creating to getting things done leaves me so tired, and what a painting called Stripped taught me about giving ourselves time, safety, and support in seasons of change.
When I Couldn’t Keep Up
I planned and trained for months, then couldn’t keep up on the first day of the Great Mother March. What a painting called Circle of Care taught me about belonging.
The Practice of Staying, the Courage to Stand
Grief, a family change, and a hard moment at work. What a lioness painting and one simple mantra taught me about staying present and standing in my own authority.