Somewhere in the process of becoming "Mommy" I lost something fundamental: I lost contact with my Essential Self. I would catch glimpses of her from time to time but she was like a shadow, getting bigger when the light was right, taunting me with her elusive and mercurial appearance.

Somewhere in the process of becoming "Mommy" I lost something fundamental: I lost contact with my Essential Self. I would catch glimpses of her from time to time but she was like a shadow, getting bigger when the light was right, taunting me with her elusive and mercurial appearance.

As we shift into Fall, now is a great time to pause, observe, and set intentions around how we want these next few months to feel and what we can do to create some of those feelings even as we do what it takes to persevere through our current situation..

For years I waxed poetic about my morning coffee. The flavor, the aroma, the ritual of it every morning. It was an anchor in my day and got my heart started in more ways than one. While I haven’t fallen out of love with coffee, I have a mad rush on the ancient but oh-so-trendy matcha green tea.