The Healing Power of Connection
“Being human is about being in the right kinds of relationships,” said John A. Powell, author and civil rights scholar. He was speaking about social justice and the central importance...
Guided Meditation: RAIN Practice
What is RAIN practice? This is a guided meditation for working with difficult emotions. RAIN practice helps us bring awareness and compassion to our experience, so we can find a source...
Instant Pot Whole Cauliflower in Spiced Meat Sauce
Adapted from Melissa Hartwig's Whole 30 Slow Cooker cookbook, this easy and quick recipe is a nourishing chilly-weather meal. The whole cauliflower nestles in the meat sauce and infuses...
Guided Meditation: Essential Mindfulness
The following guided meditation will help you come home to yourself in this moment, through breath, body and sound. The practice of mindfulness is about making friends with the present...
A Brilliant, Feminist Novel
Elizabeth Gilbert’s City of Girls is both empowered and empowering—a story of 1940’s Manhattan, told by the funny, beguiling, and deeply human narrator, Vivian Morris. She arrives in...
Braised Beef with Potatoes and Carrots
Adapted from Tamar Adler’s An Everlasting Meal, this braised beef is one of my favorite chilly-weather recipes. The seasons are changing in the Rocky Mountains, and it’s wonderful to...
Guided Meditation: Loving Kindness
In the following meditation audio, I guide you through a Loving Kindness practice. This meditation is known as a heart practice, because it cultivates the inner qualities of love,...
Mountain Life: A New Chapter Begins
We are the new owners of a ranch in Carbondale, Colorado. It’s a 450-acre working agricultural property, forty-five minutes from downtown Aspen. For decades the property has been home...
One-Pan Roasted Fish with Cherry Tomatoes
Adapted from Lidey Heuck's recipe for NY Times Cooking, this way of cooking fish is divine all year round. The flavors of cherry tomatoes, garlic, shallots, sherry vinegar and honey...