UNBECOMING

I had a project set to launch in 2020. Everything was clicking and coming together; I was riding that creative high. Then the world changed.

I prime my heart and soul from the inside. An open heart is ready to receive and give love throughout the rest of the day.

Corpses of trees lay in piles as tall as they once stood. Rigamortis of the roots. The clay cries. It doesn’t feel like progress.

The four of us have been using Danielle LaPorte’s planner to set heart-centered intentions and priorities each week.

This is not the autism we have come to expect on sitcoms, the socially awkward child who knows an unusual amount of facts about sea animals.

Someone I love dearly recently said to me, “You’ve got to be a realist, Jaime.” No. No, I don’t. Here’s why. I was raised in a world of...

This year has been top heavy already— and it’s just mid-February. Some friends and I have lost loved ones and dear friends. Funerals,...

On January 21, we lost a friend and athlete. This was the first loss of this kind at CrossFit Jane. For those familiar with our story,...

Today I took our puppy on the big loop around the neighborhood for the first time. This route involves a short trek on a main four lane...

“Home, when it’s inside of us, allows us to sit still.” -Allison Moorer I used to want to own an airstream. Now I want to be the...

When “I” is replaced with “We” even “illness” becomes “wellness.” (a source from the internet; accredited to a million different people)...

Good vibes only. Attitude of gratitude. Is it really possible that by focusing on what we have we can completely block out the negative...

Shelter in Place: To seek protection from an environmental hazard by sealing oneself in a safe and secure location instead of fleeing or...

“You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” – Pema Chodron My mother and I used to share the same devotional reading. We each...

This past Sunday I felt more like a daughter than a mother. And when I looked at my husband, he didn’t look like a father; he looked...

This past week, I showed Greta Gerwig’s coming of age dramedy “Lady Bird” for my college film club. Faculty and students were able to...

My best friend is from Mars, and I am from Venus. We compliment each other really well, but I have also threatened to take us to marital...

“I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body.” ― Paulo Coelho, "Eleven Minutes" I spend a large part...

“Don’t worry, Mom, my school has a great lockdown plan. We have practiced.” I wish these conversations didn’t happen but they do. My...

“What starves pain, what forces it to release its grip, is speech, the voice upon which rides the story, this is what happened; this is...