How Did Your Life Go?
The other day I went to my bookshelf and pulled a book. Hanging out a little it appeared to be calling for attention. The book turned out to be an old journal. In the journal I recorded feelings, ideas, life experiences sad and happy, love, ambitions. Spelling was...
Use Your Light
When you use your light the world shines brighter! Where can you shine? Want to learn new skills to help you and others? I was on the phone with a colleague yesterday. She and I are both in professions of helping others. We talked about "violence interrupters" and how...
Re-Opening Party – December 18th, 2022
Join Us for a Re-Opening Party.December 18th, 2 - 4pmOpen at 2:00pm for Munchies & DrinksStories at 3:00pm See all the changes. Join us for stories and a toast to the future! Donations: We are collecting donations for the Portland Rescue Mission. Please bring warm...
Time to light your candle
Happy Holidays!Thank you sunrise, trees, birds, rivers and mountains for lifting the spirit! You and Mother Nature bring misty moist mornings brilliant buoyancy to spring Spirit from the dark depths and rise up from bed saying, “Okay! Okay! I’m up!”It’s the holidays! ...
A layer cake of holiday stress, mindfulness, and more
This year's holiday season is a special kind of stressful. Covid stress lingers on, but traveling and gatherings are back on the table, adding extra layers to the holiday stress cake. When my partner Rich witnessed me at peak anxiety while repacking for a recent trip...
Autumn Gratitude
On an autumn walk, one can find many things that are special to the season. Deciduous trees drop their leaves, of course, but the maples also drop their helicopter seed pods, the "apples" (galls) formed by nesting wasps fall from oaks, and mushrooms pop up to meet...
What if I did?
Have you ever found yourself asking, "what if I did?" Life sometimes seems to invite us to let go of what we know and discover what we can only find by taking a leap. Today, I'd like to share my story, with the hope that it inspires your curiosity about what could...
Happy Mother’s Day Conversation
When was the last time you had a conversation with your mother? So much has changed in the current year. The pandemic has separated mothers from their grown children, we've lost moms, we've had to go to extremes we hadn't imagined, and more. How do you connect...
Building Bridges with Paint Parties
Over the last several months, Apositiva's Cat Wilson has had the wonderful opportunity to share the gift of art with young folks in North Carolina through virtual paint parties. The events have been organized in conjunction with several local organizations focused on...
Facing Clutter And Making Space
Every holiday season, I pull out boxes of decorations that bring liveliness and joy to my home and our office at Apositiva. Lately I've noticed that there's much more in those boxes than what I need to decorate these spaces. Things change: we no longer have the...