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  • Why I’m Always Starting Again

    There is something both humbling and hopeful about beginning again. When I first started Always Starting, it was a place to write, reflect, process, and remind myself that moving forward does not always happen in a straight line. Life has a way of changing the plan. Sometimes we choose the…

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  • Silenced No More

    The irony of realizing that I have not posted one blog since pouring my silent retreat experience into words. Silenced for three months? Or a…

  • Stepping into Silence

    Stumbling into Silence Arrival was abrupt.  Unpacking my car and starting the klutzy balance of suitcase, duffel bag, yoga mat and other “essentials” into the…

  • Hyperventilating in Silence

    There is power in meditation. Positively, back breaking, soul stripping power. Sit still, breathe in, breathe out…stay a while. You don’t have a choice. You…

  • This is what silence feels like

    Sitting on the bed in my 18th floor Dallas hotel room with the window open, sun shining through and in the moment. The moment is…