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The Healing Power of Small Steps
How one woman reclaimed her home–and her life–five minutes at a time There is a woman (Bonnie) out in Utah whose YouTube channel is called “A Beautiful Mess.” She specializes in the same kind of service that I do—healing homes, essentially, and the families within them. She recently featured another woman’s home, a woman that Continue reading
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Dust, Dignity, and the Divine
Cleaning homes is a beautiful thing. Many people see it as drudgery, the bottom of the barrel. They see someone pushing a mop and all they see is someone pushing a mop. But the deep value of cleaning homes is in the why. Why do we need to clean our home, outside of the obvious, Continue reading
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Sunlight Choreography: Small Rituals for Light, Color, and Scent
August in the Northern hemisphere is all about sunlight and flowers in full bloom. The zinnias are bursting like fireworks, the eyes scan skyward for a pastel palette of hollyhocks, and the air is abuzz with hummingbirds and dragonflies. It’s a beautiful time to map where sunlight lands in the home. In my dark Victorian Continue reading
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Loving a Child into Life: The Transformative Power of Their Space
A woman commented recently, “My stepson is a psychopath. It’s hard to be around him.” Sometimes children act out because they feel unloved, uncared for, like they are invisible or don’t matter. Sometimes a parent’s ego or negative programming makes it difficult to “soften up” when we are accustomed to feeling the same contempt that Continue reading
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Celebrate EVERY Day!
Why is it that some of us celebrate life more on our birthdays than any other days? Birthdays surely are days to measure the steps behind us, and to look ahead; but mostly birthdays give us cause to celebrate our unique existence in the now. This year I turned 52. I got up early and Continue reading
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Surround Yourself with What You Love
When we look around and love everything we see, is it not the deepest of healing experiences? People go to botanical gardens, bird and butterfly sanctuaries, the beach, the mountains, antique shops and art museums for this gentle high. We enter such a space and often sigh a deep breath. We find ourselves in the Continue reading
