by Jesua | Feb 1, 2020 | Blog, Featured Read
At first glance, my closest women friends and I appear to be confident and worldly women; women who enjoy the privilege of education and opportunity; spiritual women whose natural orientation is to love and service. One of us recently produced a brilliant documentary...
by Jesua | Jan 31, 2020 | Blog, Featured Read
One morning last summer, in my first moments upon waking, I heard three potent words reverberating in my awareness: “Nobody is watching.” These words struck a chord of deep resonance in my heart. I gasped. I felt such divine relief. Oh my goodness—nobody is watching!...
by Jesua | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog, Featured 2, Featured Read
One recent night before bedtime my children and I gathered in the living room for a family meeting.* My daughter Arayla, who is fourteen, had called the meeting, informing us that she had some “grievances” she needed to clear with her younger brother, Ezra....
by Jesua | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog
This moment. This very moment that our whole lives led up to. Oh my, such an amazing realization every single time! I’m writing this and you’re reading this in THIS moment. I confess I notice a little self-consciousness that accompanies this desire to speak to the...
by Jesua | Jan 4, 2020 | Blog
What if every single time we are triggered, and every mistake we make is an invitation for self-compassion; an invitation to be merciful with ourselves? What if the very presence of reactivity—either inside of us, or coming at us—can be a dharma bell for...
