The Spark Blog

I’m speaking tonight at the second Ignite Bainbridge event, “The Pursuit of Joy.” This topic is so rich and vital for me, that I intend to write an e-book summarizing the Happiness Research and the ancient indigenous wisdom that share many juicy, overlapping findings. In the meantime, here’s a FREE DOWNLOAD of the awesome tool …

We made it, dear ones. And gratitude flows, right to the bottom of my calloused, middle-aged, ugly-toe feet. A few weeks back I got a message from the Universe to take it easy. To stop all the moving and shaking and doing and makin’ it happen. To walk away from the imperative to be more, …

So apparently, I’m human. I can’t always execute all of my high-falutin’ aspirations. Like to make a video for 30 days leading up to Dec 21, 2012. Real life gets busy. Even if my Spark loves to create, to express. That grand idea came from my PlateSpinner persona. He spins a bunch of plates in …

News Flash: I am human. I’m not perfect. In fact, I’m downright UGLY. And I’m willing to share (a tiny percentage of my many, many) flaws with you, because it’s real. And that’s what matters most to me. What I really love about people is not the perfection we strive to create. The image that we …

On Day 2 of this video series, Thanksgiving, I felt so in love with my life: my husband, the beauty of where we live, the woods, the mushrooms I harvested, even the weeds. And then I woke up. To a pain in my ankle so sharp I could barely hobble home. I sat on the …

Yesterday was November 22, 2012, Thanksgiving morning. I woke up so in love with my husband that I went out to find some mushrooms for him to put in the stuffing, even though I don’t like mushrooms. At all. While on this lovely walk through the woods, I tweaked an old ankle injury. Spent the rest …

It’s November 21, 2012. Only one month until Dec 21, 2012. 30 days of this world, as it is right now. What is most important to say – or do – in that time? I believe we all have a Spark of the divine that lives somewhere near our heart. The Spark’s theme song is Love, …

As the cold and rains came in November, I decided to begin writing another book. As much as I’d like to write a fantasy novel for the Twins of Tessar series, or complete the one I wrote during #NaNoWriMo in 2009, another story calls. This tale is a map to the many doors that have …

My husband brought me a delicious gift just now. A passage from a young adult novel he bought for our daughter, Marcelo in the Real World, by Francisco X. Stork. I want to sing “Hallelujah! Amen!” because this bit of dialogue says everything I believe about healing yourself. It says everything that’s happened to me, …

I’m so grateful to spend last week with 80+ inspiring and influential change-makers, edge-walkers, & visionaries at the Hollyhock Summer Gathering. It’s a diverse group of social entrepreneurs, educators, writers, artists, thinkers and healers to explore social transformation. Amazing people who make a real impact. All are driven to make a difference. To transform despair into positive …