What if the story you’re living isn’t just personal, but part of a much older pattern trying to speak through you? Most leadership models are built on logic, performance, and productivity. They reward sharp thinking, quick action, and clear outcomes. But what they often leave out is the deeper intelligence that lives in the body, the imagination, and the soul.

As the first few days of a new month pass, and I anticipate the new moon cycle, a time of setting clean and clear intentions, I am aware of the gratitude I carry in my heart. I am grateful for this life and for my family, blood and found (including Rosie, our little dog, now 16+ years old). I am blessed with friends who love and celebrate me, see me clearly and hold me accountable…and who let me do that for and with them.

What I’ve learned through this process of contemplation and spaciousness, is that if I am open to what life wants for me, I’m far more likely to achieve both the simple and stretch goals that I set for myself and that are informed by this contemplation and understanding.

For years, I’ve felt that the energy in my home was stagnating and I’ve yearned for more flow. The part of me that can see almost everything in life as a waking dream or through the lenses of pattern and symbol is very clear that my home is holding up a mirror for me, showing me the clutter and debris in the way of all that is truly me.