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The Blank Page

The Blank Page

by Megan McDonough My daughter says I have a fetish for journals—and she’s probably right. I have thin and fat, large and small, colorful and plain journals stuck in all sorts of places—including by...

A Happy New Year Video Collage

by Megan McDonough As the year draws to a close and the new one begins, the days will start to brighten, little by little. The sun will stay out longer. This is the time to envision what you’ll...

Teaching Toward Wholeness

Teaching Toward Wholeness

by Maria Sirois One of my earliest sets of memories as a presenter is captured in this Anne Lamott quote: "Sometimes my mind is a bad neighborhood I try not to go into alone." After every workshop...

Giving that Lasts

Giving that Lasts

by Megan McDonough William James said, “The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.” In this holiday season (and always), may you stay connected to the great meaning in...

A Gift of Quiet

by Megan McDonough The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, and it has great meaning for me. It's a time of reflection, of being quiet. A time to rest so that we can grow consciously and...

A Nation Divided, or a Community Connected?

A Nation Divided, or a Community Connected?

by Megan McDonough A nation divided creates disconnected camps, each vying for the title of "right and good" versus "wrong and bad." There are people in my neighborhood—and even in my own family—who...

A Growth Heartset

A Growth Heartset

by Megan McDonough “'Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.” —Plato “Love is that micro-moment of warmth and connection that you share with another living...