This morning I woke up with the phrase, "lower the bar" on my mind. I lay in bed for a few minutes, thinking about that. I realized that I need a special kind of permission today. Permission to let go. Permission to step away. Permission to swim around in a big oc...
read moreHello, friend. Greetings to you on a brisk Sunday morning in November, 2020. Ever since March, I've been creating these Audio LoveGrams as a way to support us all during this pandemic. Along the way, there have been so many other huge challenges. This week is no exception. ...
read moreGood morning, friend. I send love + hugs to you, whenever you are popping by. Today’s LoveGram is posted. I hope it makes you smile. Scroll down on that page. Click play. Close your eyes. Listen. Breathe. Relax. This audio LoveGram is inspired by last n...
read moreGood morning, friend. I send you love and ease on a quiet Sunday morning. Here's your link to today's LoveGram. I woke up this morning feeling dread. Everything in my body felt heavy. I couldn't think of anything I was looking forward to. And then I remembere...
read moreHello friend. I send you good thoughts on a quiet Sunday morning. Here's your link to today's LoveGram. Today, we're continuing our conversation about tiny slices of delight. After I sent you the video earlier this week, my friend Greggie...
read moreToday, we're talking about tiny moments that feel extraordinary. How essential they are, especially during difficult times. Last weekend my clan decided to get out of the house and have a socially-distanced outdoor night picnic at Lake Merritt in Oakland. I brought ...
read moreHi Delightful You,It's that time of year again! My 56-56-56 Birthday Kindness Project is underway. Every year for the past eight years, I have been sending letters of love and kindness to strangers as a way of celebrating my birthday. The first year I did this, I wrote as ma...
read moreHello, friend. It is a sunny Sunday and the air feels fresh. After weeks of ash and smoke, it feels like a gift to breathe this air, to see blue sky. It is a gift. Once, a doctor told me, "Health is a crown that only the sick can see." I think about that often...
read moreToday's audio LoveGram is being sent to you from a moment when I can come up for air, in the midst of some darkness. I talk a lot about the metaphor of a nightlight — that saving grace we can find during times when we feel like we are lost in the dark. I repeat it a lot because it i...
read moreWelcome to another Sunday. It's not even 8am and is already hot here in San Francisco. It makes me miss my mom and barefoot days in Ohio with her — long breakfasts out on the patio, water balloon fights, and bonfires in the evenings. (Hi mom, I know you're reading this! 👋) It's...
read more