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Women’s Winter Retreat

January 10, 2018 by Emilah

This retreat is near an dear to my heart. I took myself to Monastery of Christ in the Desert over New Years 2017 to explore these themes. I hope to offer it again in January or February of 2018. Please check back!

Winter. A time of going inward. A time of deep rest where the lessons of the previous year are composted in order to fertilize new, spring growth. Come join me for an intimate exploration of yourself - your inner world and outer expression. Claim the successes and compost the losses of 2018. Then put it all in the cauldron to co-create YOUR 2019.

Change Gracefully: Engaging Intuition and Faith to Transform Your Life

January 1, 2018 by Emilah

This is a a one-day or weekend retreat, based, in part, on principles that are at the core of all spiritual traditions. During our time together, we will: Explore the relationship between grace, change, intuition, and faith. Discover how tapping into intuition can support you in moving through change with ease and grace. Connect, be nourished, and return to yourselves in a prayerful and playful way. Please contact me to sponsor this workshop in your city or organization!

Embracing Intuition at Midlife

October 29, 2014 by Emilah

Here I am, at midlife. My life doesn’t look or feel anything like I imagined it would. Instead of a life focused on my ego/personality’s desires (career, travel, money, etc.), I am living a deeply personal journey of the soul. For example, rather than being a high-level college administrator earning a healthy salary with benefits …

The Great Re-Setting

June 18, 2014 by Emilah

My life is full with the work of both serving clients and running a business. As the sole provider of services, I teach, coach, facilitate women’s circles, and do intuitive readings and energy healing. As the owner of a business, I also do, or at least coordinate, the marketing, book keeping, scheduling, visioning, workshop development, …

People Pleasing: Doubting What We Know

July 12, 2012 by Emilah

A few months ago I wrote a blog entitled Putting Yourself at the Center which talked about the spiritual underpinnings of making choices in our daily lives that include our needs as well as the needs of others. I have been living and teaching these tenets for years, yet the tendency to put other people at …

7 Tips for Navigating Conflict in Intimate Relationships

March 1, 2012 by Emilah

I get suspicious of couples who say they never have conflict; that everything is always hunky dory. The truth as I know it? Couples have conflicts. More specifically, when the level of commitment increases in any relationship (intimate partnerships, friendships, even promotions at work), so does the level of conflict. It’s often temporary, but it’s …

Inch by Inch

January 17, 2012 by Emilah

I woke up this morning humming part of The Garden Song by David Mallett – the closing song at Betsy’s memorial service. The song describes how by taking small steps, mulching, weeding, etc., we can make our gardens fertile ground. Betsy, my mother-in-law, was deeply connected to nature. An avid gardener and bird-watcher, she tended …

Joanna Macy, Rilke and Me

April 1, 2011 by Emilah

During the last two weeks, I’ve been listening repeatedly to an interview with Joanna Macy that Krista Tippett recorded for her radio show Being. The topic, A Wild Love for the World, has me captivated. I am soothed by the sound of Joanna’s voice – the wisdom in and beyond her words that emanates from her being, the lightheartedness …