by LivingROI | Jan 24, 2021 | Blog
There is a bittersweetness in solitude. A loneliness, strength and freedom. Solitude itself is elusive in today’s cacophony of distraction. I remember days of traveling through Europe and sitting in a café for hours by myself writing longhand letters, journaling and...
by LivingROI | Jan 17, 2021 | Blog
We are staring two crises in the face: one is physical, the other is political; both are spiritual. Spiritual dis-ease in the Earth and the political psyche. There are lessons in both. In a recent article written in The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, a...
by LivingROI | Jan 10, 2021 | Blog
It’s a stressful time in the world. Between the U.S. Capitol riot last week and the ongoing pandemic, one can feel a bit unmoored. When my daughter, Marina, said she was going to “eat her frog” yesterday, I thought it would be a good topic—focusing...
by LivingROI | Dec 20, 2020 | Blog
This phrase is especially applicable today, in the Northern Hemisphere*, on the eve of winter solstice, with vaccines arriving while deaths from Covid-19 peak. It is dark; and the sun will surely rise. The darkness of winter is truly a time to go inside, literally and...
by LivingROI | Dec 13, 2020 | Blog
This morning I woke up in the mountains with the snow coming down. As I walked into the living room with the fire already blazing, it sure looked comfy! “Maybe it is snowing too much to go skiing,” I thought to myself. I could just hang out by the fire, read and...
