Author Archives: JoMo
A message from your body…..
I crave your attention. Every muscle wishes to thrill with your attention. To tense and release, and release! My blood calls to continue the nurturance, the diversity of foods, the sweetness of water, the soft clean air. My skin yearns … Continue reading
Intimacy
I just finished reading The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (2012). It is set in North Korea and it explores the ways people are able to hold onto their humanity even having experienced the most brutal and severe conditions … Continue reading
Resilience
In December the New York Times Magazine published an essay called “The Profound Emptiness of ‘Resilience.’ “ It pointed out that the word is now used everywhere, often in ways that drain it of meaning and link it to vague concepts … Continue reading
The Only Poem by Leonard Cohen RIP
The Only Poem This is the only poem I can read I am the only one can write it I didn’t kill myself when things went wrong I didn’t turn to drugs or teaching I tried to sleep but … Continue reading
Stand ready for the hard moment
It’s not so much that life is hard. It’s more that when the time comes to do something hard, we don’t shy away from it. We stand up and do the hard thing. We can pretty much count on something … Continue reading
The Dance of Intimacy
“Most of us have a need to exercise some control over how close we allow others to get to us at any given time. Often this is not even done consciously. We don’t plan to have a fight with our … Continue reading
Be a fool!
To undertake a big journey, we must risk looking like a fool. We must risk being a fool. Who else has the hope, the trust and the innocence but a fool? I love this card from the Tarot of the … Continue reading
So-This-is-a-River
“So-This-is-a-River!” “The River,” corrected the Rat. “And you really live by the River? What a jolly life.” “By it and with it and on it and in it,” said the Rat. “It’s brother and sister to me, and aunts, and … Continue reading
Coaching and our highest place
The process of coaching helps people think from their highest place. Inside us all is a high place, a transcendent place, where we know the fullness of ourselves and our grace and we are able to offer this with ease. … Continue reading
Running for the train
This morning 8 people jostled at the boom by the rail way line. We could hear the train coming. As soon as it was through and the boom was opened, 7 people ran across the lines and onto the platform … Continue reading