Letters from the Stream

Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. Eckhart Tolle Hello Magical Reader✨ What's going on in your world? The fall equinox has me feeling like a tree shaking its leaves off! The season is definitely changing. Fall feels like it’s forcing parts of me to fall away. The space left behind has felt relieving. And unsettling. And once again, I find myself at a familiar juncture. Wanting to control every outcome. Or surrender. Surrender...

Hello Magical Reader✨ Every year is the best year of my life. Louise Hay "I'm getting old." That's a belief that's hard to argue with. My body certainly has evidence that things are... different. But my mind keeps asking a different question. What if I've unknowingly bought into a story about what aging is supposed to be like? I was talking with someone recently whose mom seems to be aging in reverse. When I asked her why, she said, "I changed the way I think." I don't know exactly how much...

Hello Magical Reader✨ May you trust the invitation that called you here. John O'Donohue I really thought this thing was going to be the thing. You know that feeling when you’ve been searching for something and it truly feels like THE ONE? Except… it’s not. Then comes that moment of: But I felt it in my bones. Was my intuition wrong? I don’t think so. I’ve been wondering about this for a while because it feels like part of the mechanism. Like something is designed to feel undeniably true, even...

Hello Magical Reader✨ Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Parker J. Palmer Sometimes a break is so needed. Integrating after that break requires another break. I feel like I've come back as a different person. Some evolution took place.Was needed. And now I'm finding my footing. My old anchors aren't anchoring anymore. My routines need to shift. What do I want now? Where am I headed? As we evolve, our old life can start to feel...

Hello Magical Reader✨ I'm still on a seasonal pause, but today's astrology felt too potent not to say anything... I pulled a forgiveness card and my immediate reaction was: I don't have anyone to forgive. I'm not carrying any resentments! The insistence in my own voice was the red flag. Because the truth is, I do have complaints. Small things I tell myself I've let go of or choose to ignore. And yet they keep resurfacing. Like a notification from an app I hardly use.I swipe it away without...

Hello Magical Reader✨ Summer has a different flow. Less urgency.More lingering.Lots of savoring. I’m taking a seasonal pause from Set the Tone Sunday for a spell. Carving out some space to take life in before putting it into words. I’ve learned that my best work doesn’t come from keeping a strict schedule.It comes from honoring cycles. If something wants to come through, you’ll find it here.Otherwise, I’ll see you on the other side of summer. Here’s to a little more room for all this season...

Hello Magical Reader✨ When we are peaceful, we can see clearly. Thích Nhất Hạnh “I feel like I knew that, but I couldn’t quite see it.” I hear some version of that at the end of many private sessions. It got me wondering how someone can tell us something over and over, yet we can’t fully take it in. I’m starting to think the difference between knowing something and truly seeing it isn’t more information. It’s reducing the ruckus running around on top. The pressure of needing to make a...

Hello Magical Reader✨ Everything Everything Everything In its right place Radiohead, Everything in Its Right Place For years I’ve been secretive about this one thing… I hate Radiohead. Like, a serious aversion. Which is surprising given my penchant for moody music. But alas, it's been a source of contention in my marriage for decades. Then, something started creeping in. A switch got flipped. And suddenly all I want to do is lie in a dark room, headphones on, listening to The Bends. My...

Hello Magical Reader✨ You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. Toni Morrison Ugh. I hate how Amanda Frances has tainted the word “manifesting.” And yet my love for Real Housewives remains stronger than ever. That said, every time I hear manifesting reduced to vision boards and positive thinking, I feel like we’re missing the most interesting part. Because what I notice most often isn’t a lack of desire or hopefulness. It’s inner conflict. I want to find purpose, but my...

Hello Magical Reader✨ Stop forcing yourself to socialize in ways that drain you. Go where you thrive, avoid where you survive. Say no so you have the energy to say yes. Vanessa Van Edwards I kind of loathe the question, “How are you?” I always want to answer honestly. And usually the honest answer is too layered, contradictory, or alive to fit neatly into a socially acceptable response. So it gets boiled down to: “Good.” “Fine.” How lame. I want to get deeper than that with people. I was...