Dear Love Pies, So I’m working on a couple of bigger posts, and they’re not ready yet. I glance at my desktop and spy this quote. And it makes me curious, what are you doing with the gift of this day? How are you shining? Burning? Some will say “Well what about the rainy days?” And to them I say, the rain and clouds and storm are only on the surface level. Humans in airplanes can now know what the birds have known for ages: the sun burns bright beyond the storm. So, too, your soul. The surface of your […]

So Dave, also known as “Mr Cupcake” – and who couldn’t love a man who is named Mr. Cupcake? – challenged me to name what the first 30 days of the tribe did for me. Actually, he challenged ALL of us to put into words what our experience has been thus far, in a practical, tangible way. So, Mr. Cupcake, here you go. I’m going to call this story START WHERE YOU ARE. I noticed one day that some of my own muses, the women who stir my soul, whose messages are my own in so many ways, have one thing […]

So here we are… Day 34 and I’d like to set an intention to go a bit further than we did in the first 30 days. In fact, I’d like to challenge you. Think of this as a gauntlet. And it’s on the floor, bitches. The Challenge Become a thriver. Place your ear down to your soul, and listen hard. Then live the next 30 days like your life depends on what you hear. Start by asking yourself WHAT IF? What if you set an intention to take your soul walk deeper over the next 30 days? What if you decide […]

Dear Love Pie Tribe, We’ve all heard this by now, or some form of it. It was the very early 90’s when I got my first audio cassette about “self talk.” It was a foreign concept at the time, but now is so permeated in our culture it’s become a catch phrase and a cliche. But how many of us are conscious of it on a daily basis? An hourly basis? A momentary basis? I know I’m not. And I like to think of myself as pretty damn aware. Last night I had a dream. All kinds of things happened, […]

      I can’t tell you how many of you sent this image to me over the past 30 days. More than anything, it let me know you were aware of the tribal pull, and also your own role in creating its energy. How would you describe its energy? Gimme some words. Yes, you gimme some words to describe the tribe and its effect on you, and I’ll give you a story. Here’s the story. Before I called the tribe together, I was feeling discombobulated. We had a trauma in our family a couple of years ago that left […]

          Dear Tribe, Don’t give up on yourself. Don’t give up on your belonging. Show up. Taste the apples. Share the juice.

  The Heart’s Language Dear Love Pie Tribe, You’re going to hear me talk about this a lot, ‘cuz it’s a truth that’s been recently alive in my life in a huge way: The heart’s language. So a friend of mine in the tribe recently had a situation with a love interest. They were friends, then they were more, then not. The pull away left my friend feeling very vulnerable, wanting more, but feeling rejected. Still wanting to be friends and be supportive, but in total truth, wanting the “more” very much, my friend began to despair, asking internally, “What’s […]

        Body Consciousness   Yo Love Pies, This moment happened for me in 2011 when I went to California to complete a three week full body cleanse. Sometime during the teachings and workshops, which were intense, informative and utterly light-bulbish, I got in touch with my body’s consciousness. I had heard it before, read it before, but somehow the truth dropped into me in a new way as I realized each cell, each organ, each muscle, has its own consciousness. And as this truth slowly sank down into me, I realized I owed my body an apology. […]

    Who’s Your Muse?   So I’ve been holding onto this post for a while, but thanks to Jeannie Lindsay‘s prompting, it’s going up today. Jeannie and I wanna know who’s your muse? More specifically, while there are those who wonder WWJD (what would Jesus do) we wanna know who fits in your anachronism? This past year i authored and curated a calendar project that I titled What Would Frida Do? The publisher later changed the title,but the idea stuck: Frida is one of my guides, as I follow her path through trauma, despair, hope and, ultimately, creative expression […]

  The Night Ark   Dear Love Pies, My sweet friend and sister of the heart-pen Susan Wooldridge is an incredible poet. Her words lift and take me to new places of spirit, play and creativity. Sometimes they soothe the savage, anxious frothy-mouth beast that lives in my head. Know that beast? When you feel anxious, overwhelmed, concerned that you’re “not getting there” or you’re “not there yet” or you wonder what is wrong with you, your situation, your progress, your skill level, your track record or track ahead, consider this: “The Night Ark” There’s no hurry, all that floundering by […]