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For those of you curious to hear about a shorter pilgrimage- Kim’s was just two nights– but don’t let the brevity of her trip make you think it was small.…
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Over the past few years, I’ve spent a preposterous amount of time studying wild animal behavior as it relates metaphorically and literally to human behavior. As an animal totemologist who…
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Hello dear creators of wonder and MAGIC! I just returned from The Big Apple with my daughter and friend Suzi. We had a wonderful time seeing Book of Morman (GO!!…
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If you’ve ever been fascinated by Cheryl Strayed’s adventure on the PCT in her book Wild- you’ll love my interview with Wendy Battino. She lives in remote Alaska in a…
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Let’s explore pilgrimage–the idea that travel can offer a sacred opportunity for us to become more aware of ourselves and to discover what is true. I took a pilgrimage to…
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Hello Creators of Wonder and Magic, Facebook can be a dangerously time sucking form of kryptonite (I try to limit my self to 5 minute sessions:) but, more often than not, I find…
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Products and Creations that FEEL GOOD Marian Lansky- She is a sensitive, briliant and wise Artist and digital Shaman Shy Nimitta John Derian– He refuses to friend me on facebook…
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Alice is a salty pachyderm and, being an Elephant, eminently qualified to goad creatives, mavericks, irrepressibles and change agents into inspired action. Elephants are known for their extensive social…
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I met Tami McCall for about 15 minutes poolside at a training event for Martha Beck Inc. After talking via phone (she lives in North Carolina) we decided to just…
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Life Obstacle Assassins : Mavericks, Creatives and other Badasses Getting BIG dreams Done with Saltiness and Honey Badger-like Courage and Tenacity. This is a circle of salty, unconventional, free-spirited…
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Is there something big or small that you’d like help with today? If the answer is YES, I have a story for you! What happened one fine day in June…
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I’ve been feeling a little restless this month. My new memoir “Swimming with Elephants” has found a publisher (yay!!!) and the contracts are being drawn up- so at the…
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Hello and welcome! Have you been wondering what situations, conditions can be helped by shamanic healing? Much illness/suffering in our lives originates from alienation/neglect of the soul or the spiritual aspect…
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Being Born to FREAK, I’m constantly drawn to daring growth opportunities and my latest had me sitting in a ceremony led by a powerful shaman from Colombia with a few…
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Hello dear creators of magic and wonder! I’ve just returned from an amazing adventure to Guatemala to visit our youngest son’s (Charlie!) country of birth. At his request, we searched…
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I was in Northern Thailand leading a Pilgrimage to cavort with Elephants when my group suddenly entered the village of the long necked women. The Kayan, as they are called,…
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Ganesha- The lord of new beginnings and remover of ALL obstacles:) Hello creators of wonder and MAGIC! It was just beginning to get dark enough that you had to look…
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Hello dear creators of WONDER and MAGIC! In shamanism we understand that the only way to truly CURE ourselves of illness, a dysfunctional pattern, pain or emotional angst is to go…
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Hello Dear Creators of WONDER and MAGIC! My son Charlie (age 11) is obsessed with giant jawbreakers. As I was moving this huge sticky one this AM I was struck by…
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Hello Creators of magic and wonder! I’ve had about 12 weeks of closet sobriety. I can hardly believe it. It began in the Fall…
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Hello creators of WONDER and M A G I C! I’ve been thinking about miracles lately….and the CONDITIONS that make them possible. I think it’s powerful to practice LOOKING…
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Hello creators of WONDER and M A G I C! One of the things I hear sometimes from my clients ( and notice in my own life) is the sense…
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(photo credit- MY Dad:) Hello Dear creators of wonder and beauty… I had the opportunity to surf in early January and it had been a few years since I had…
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(our family selfie- our oldest son wasn’t quite ready:):):) Hello dear creators of wonder and beauty! December is upon us and 2016 looms large and vast—what will you create? One thing…
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Hello dear creators of wonder and beauty!Sometimes I feel like I’m living with (at least 2) competing beings inside of me…one is a HIPPIE MAGPIE- attracted to all things beautiful,…
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Dear creators of beauty and wonder! A theme that I see popping up again and again in my own life (and in the lives of my clients) is this: We…
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“We are all just walking each other home.” -Ram Dass As we ambled along the trail’s switchbacks, I asked Maggie if she ever woke up forgetting —at least for a…
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