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Easter Sunday
I was texting with one of my closest soul sisters earlier today. She had texted to wish me a happy Easter, and to share with me her overflowing heart of inspiration, following an astonishingly beautiful church service she had just attended. This is of the most...
A Little Dose of Family Car Medicine
This morning, driving with my kids, I couldn’t help but notice Arayla (14) seemed a little forlorn and distant sitting beside me. Slightly concerned, I asked her, “Everything okay Babe?” Her eyes conveyed tension, and she shrugged sadly, responding, “Yeah, I guess. I...
The Golden Key of Unmet Yearning
Many years ago, I suddenly understood that even with all the extraordinary healing and freedom I had realized, I was still carrying a deep, unmet yearning in my heart that was profoundly impacting my life. I experienced it as an almost constant sense of subtle,...
Burning Cleanly
In this video, Jesua examines what it means to "burn cleanly" in the fires of our given life challenges. She delves into the possibility of a certain quality of self-honesty that allows us to notice what it is we have to add, in any given situation, in order to...
Everyone Has A Role to Play
This past Sunday evening I began heading home to Ashland after a full weekend in the Bay Area. I stopped at Harbin Hotsprings in Middletown for a few blissful hours of alternating hots and colds before getting in my car to continue North. About 15 minutes after...
Meeting the Discomfort of Uncertainty
In this video Jesua explores the possibility of meeting the discomfort of uncertainty, unknowability and heartache with a simple willingness to bear it… Asking questions such as: How can we allow our pain to inspire a prayer that truly serves what we are alive for?...
The Simple Prayer of “Please Use Me”
One of the great gifts of times like these—when I’m faced with the vulnerable ache of uncertainty, my heart softly swollen in unknowing—is that it inspires me to approach the Mystery empty-handed, my earnestness completely exposed. After the children are asleep in...
What Remains Unscathed
I just got back home last night from an incredible healing reunion with Harbin Hotsprings. Wow. What an absolute gift it was to be there again, 3 ½ years after the unforgettable Valley Fire tore through the lands, devastating and demolishing our sacred...
Conception Curiosity~ A Love Story
One day, as I was driving Ezra up to Mt. Ashland for an afternoon of snowboarding with his friends, a most astonishing conversation arose between us. We were slowly winding our way up the mountain, oohing and aahing together at the glorious sight of fresh powder...
Love Wins~ A Rejection Story
It was 8:10 am on Thursday morning, and I was literally on my way out the door taking the kids to school, when I got a text from my beloved editor, letting me know that our first choice publisher had declined on taking on my debut book, “Holy Messy Love.” I stopped in...