Now

There is a lot of suffering going on in the world. It can feel heavy.

It helps to focus on the gratitude and joy we can find right where we are.

Here´s the latest. 

July 2025:

 

It´s full summer here in Amsterdam (my first one), and I am focused on spending time with family, enjoying the beautiful parks, and meeting new friends and collaborators for coffee.

 

I wrote a post on my Substack called Tr*mp Is Triggering Our Childhood Trauma. You might find it helpful if you´re looking for a way to understand your own responses to all that is happening. Plus, you can learn my favorite trick for finding a moment of calm in these roller-coaster times.

Try the Butterfly! 🦋

5 things I´m loving right now: 

 

1) Being back in the Northern Hemisphere after years in the Global South. My personal calendar and compass have been reset. The sun is in the north! No more hot summer Christmases! 

 

2) Having not one but TWO parks within three blocks of our apartment. One is a long forest with trails.  It is thrilling to be once again surrounded by elderberry blossoms, wild strawberries, nettles, woodruff, and other plants that thrived where I grew up in Oregon.

 

3) Access to so many great museums. We´ve made a pact to visit at least one museum a week for a year, and my heart and mind are happy. Recent faves: the history of the canals, and the Amsterdam School of architecture that was committed to making public housing beautiful and inspiring. 

 

4) The small plazas and tiny parks between the apartment buildings (all under five stories and facing said plazas/parks). It makes for a friendly neighborhood design and vibe that feels communal and convivial. 

 

5) Planting seeds with my grandson in balcony planters.  Cosmos, calendulas, rainbow chard, and more! 

My work is going through its own creative adaptation. 

My process is so personalized and applicable in so many situations that it was difficult to categorize the types of clients who could benefit and the impacts that were possible.

 

So, I´m simplifying! 

 

Doom to Bloom™ is the 2-month container holding the deep transformation work.

 

Doom to Dream™ offers meaning and motivation in a single session plus one week of online support.

 

Learn about both here

 

 

I´m always happy to hear from you!

Just me an email or a DM on LinkedIn

 

xo,

Hat tip to Derek Sivers who first recommended a /now page.