Calamity Jane Makes Me a Legend
My parents never told me I could be anything I wanted to be. My mother—often a cynic—could point out the shortcomings in anyone’s dream. She… Read More »Calamity Jane Makes Me a Legend
Susan’s Blog
What’s New? Do We Want to Know?
When my electric mixer stopped working the other night, I offered to pick up a new one. Then I added “if they even have these… Read More »What’s New? Do We Want to Know?
Letting Go of the Stuff and the Story
I’ve seen it happen more than once. Someone leaves their house (moving out, passing on, etc.) and a dumpster is delivered to the driveway. Twenty… Read More »Letting Go of the Stuff and the Story
So Many Questions! How Much Time?
Is this irony? Setting up a coaching business was keeping me a little bit stuck. Putting aside the activity last year unearthed important questions. Among… Read More »So Many Questions! How Much Time?
Praise for the Power of the Girlfriend
March 2023 was my first bout with COVID. In personal terms, it was disruptive. In a larger context, connection to the reality of our circumstances… Read More »Praise for the Power of the Girlfriend
Oh March, You Changey Thing!
Winter’s dormancy is ending in Vermont. Sunlight, increasing in strength and duration, cues sap to flow in our maple trees as robins and red-winged blackbirds… Read More »Oh March, You Changey Thing!
The Joys of an Emerging KMOG
This is what YES feels like in my body: Time freezes for a slight moment and there’s a sort of imprint—almost like my brain stopped… Read More »The Joys of an Emerging KMOG
Poetry, Trees More Expressive Now
I find myself in a quiet/contemplative winter spell. I’ll leave this poem by by William Carlos Williams here to work its own magic. And I… Read More »Poetry, Trees More Expressive Now
Finding Hope in Low Light
The season’s low light nudges the energy of all living things inward. In the quiet, I’m reckoning with my relationships to screens, humans, beings other… Read More »Finding Hope in Low Light
The Fall: So Powerful In Its Pull
For millennia, our ancestors took stock of all they had as they brought in the last harvest. It was a matter of survival. Current-day humans… Read More »The Fall: So Powerful In Its Pull
Disoriented and Unsure? Call That Lost Lost.
Twice in the past month potential coaching clients used the same vivid and universal word to describe the way they feel. Lost. This is an… Read More »Disoriented and Unsure? Call That Lost Lost.
What Matters? Well, It’s Personal!
I’m gearing up to teach a new workshop at the Women’s Health and Wellness Expo September 17 in Barre. This short interactive seminar, titled What… Read More »What Matters? Well, It’s Personal!