Letting Go
Ours is a breadcrumb journey
Posted at Feb 05, 2013 | | 25 Comments
Two different worlds we live in. That’s the 1950s tune my head and heart have been singing to each other in a growing rift that’s been tearing me apart. So I’ve made the hard decision to start letting the heady world go and see where my heart might lead. It’s scaring the shit out of Read more...
Breaking up is hard to do, Part III: A soul-wrestling finale
Posted at Nov 28, 2012 | | 16 Comments
Note: I wrote this final post in my “Breaking Up” trilogy several weeks ago, when the pain was fresh. Lots of healing has happened in the meantime—thanks in large part, dear readers, to you. Your wise, compassionate comments have brought me back to my senses and the remembrance that while I may not have Kripalu Read more...
Breaking up is hard to do, Part II: What would Bapuji do?
Posted at Nov 06, 2012 | | 19 Comments
What would Bapuji do indeed? That question is the chorus for this “Breaking up” blog saga of mine. Last time, I shared how a virtual cold shoulder by my once beloved spiritual home left me saddened and confused, about my relationship with Kripalu and my life purpose as a whole. My dilemma seems small Read more...
Breaking up is hard to do, Part I: My Kripalu Conundrum
Posted at Oct 22, 2012 | | 20 Comments
“What would Bapuji do?” That zinger of a question popped right out the other day, not of my mouth, but of my beloved husband Trond’s. It was exactly the right question to help us cut to the chase in the peskiest conundrum I may have faced since becoming a published author. The problem has been Read more...
Onward and downward to surrender and trust!
Posted at May 22, 2012 | | 21 Comments
Oh, dear God! The roller coaster rides on, and this girl hangs on for dear life. Okay, not quite. But there was a moment several weeks ago when, sitting stressed at my desk, I came as close to fainting as I ever have. My book took a significant toll on my body. It scared me Read more...
Awakener and Scribe (not Bookseller!) am I
Posted at May 09, 2012 | | 15 Comments
I’ve been at another crossroads in the life of the newly published author and, for a long moment, it was a very yucky, sucky place to be. I stood, unsettled and uncertain, somewhere between a too-pregnant Mama’s urge to push like hell—to deliver success—and an opposing urge to give my baby up to God, to Read more...
My first guest blog post drew lovely comments
Posted at Feb 09, 2012 | | 1 Comments
Years ago I wrote and, with great trepidation, mailed a much-labored-over book proposal to a renowned New York book editor. I had met her quite unexpectedly over the coffee urn at a wedding brunch, where she’d expressed interest in my work. I was sure that what seemed like a wildly serendipitous cup of Joe momentspelled Read more...
Suzanne’s answer to Becky’s burning question.
Posted at Jan 19, 2012 | | No Comments
I am hugely grateful to Alex, Mary and Carol Chris Hudson for their compassionate comments about Becky’s big question. Becky had asked how she can possibly leave the kind of lucrative job she has but hates while her family depends on her for support. Alex encouraged Becky to involve her family, so she doesn’t turn Read more...
Becky’s burning question
Posted at Jan 10, 2012 | | 5 Comments
The morning after this website went live, I opened my email to find my first message from the site’s Connect page. It was from a stranger named Becky, and the subject heading said: “My Fear.” Becky was writing to ask for help with a huge, very tough life question faced, in one form or another, Read more...
Giving the universe space, part two
Posted at Sep 15, 2011 | | No Comments
Note: In my last post, “Giving the universe space, part one,” I described the miracles that can only happen when we get out of the way by letting go of pesky people and/or activities we have outgrown and thus no longer serve us. I gave a dramatic example from my yoga teaching days. Then I Read more...
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