Slow down.

Presence and gratitude in my daily doings.

Kind, honest, intimate connection with my husband.

Money flowing abundantly in my bank accounts.

Soulfully aligned opportunities, clients, friends.

A calm, resilient nervous system.

Quiet curiosity (Always. Especially in the face of stress, fear, war, taxes, inflation…)

Vitality in my body. 

Instantaneous intuitive clarity that's only available if I listen. 

I just finished a book called "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry." It’s written by a Christian minister of a superchurch recovering from burnout. I can relate. To my delight, even though I am definitely not a Christian, I was mostly with him. I can totally get behind apprenticing with Jesus.

All mystical paths point to the same destination.

Peace. Love. Harmony. Compassion. Liberation. Shared humanity in this brief blip of a moment we call a lifetime.    

How do we get there?

By slowing down.

The sufis whirl. The buddhists meditate. The christians practice sabbath.

How do you create real spaciousness—not laziness, lethargy or exhaustion, but the kind of space in your day that gives you time to do what keeps you healthy?

This is my thing.

I am in the business of slowing down. It’s been decades in the making. 

An era of smoking a lot of weed. (A lot of weed.)

A black sticker on a pink Nalgene that read in white careless script: Born to Chill.

Starting a business; changing my business; getting 17 certifications and changing my business six more times.

Succeeding. 

Filling my savings account and emergency fund.

Buying a house. 

Burnout. 

Rest. 

Reluctance to begin again.

Finding a new way. 

Rejecting the old paradigm.

Persisting, but simultaneously relaxing.

Wondering if it’s possible; deciding yes, it is possible to thrive while moving slower than before, slower than most; slower than the influencers, viral content creators and conscious leaders who swear their lives are spacious and simple and fabulous but talk really fast in their YouTube videos.

Paradoxically, it’s challenging to slow down.

Everything around us is speeding up.

But I’m certain that it’s worth it.