Musings

Whether you’ve been self-employed for years or you started doing remote work from home because of the pandemic, here are some basic tips for making your home office a space that works for you instead of against you. Sit facing the door into the room so that you can...

Tune into any news channel these days and it’s clear that people and the planet are suffering on an unprecedented scale. Things are out of balance and there continues to be a lot of fear and uncertainty in the air. When the outside world seems scary and chaotic, we...

One morning I was catching up on paperwork at home and I started to feel a lot of tension in my abdomen and a mild ache in my heart. I checked in with myself: Was it something I ate at breakfast that didn’t agree with me? Was I feeling heartsore about a recent...

I was at the hardware store yesterday and someone noticed the pendant that I was wearing. “Is that an opal?” he asked. “No, it’s only glass.” I replied. I didn’t elaborate, and he moved on. If we had been in a different kind of place, however -- a metaphysical shop,...

Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice, which is when the sun appears to “stand still” at the highest point in the sky. It will be the longest day – almost 15 hours of natural daylight – and shortest night of the whole year, and it’s an event that is celebrated in many...

Yesterday was the last day of “Open Studios” in many cities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. I happened to be in Sonoma County (wine country for you non-CA readers) and learned that several artists lived near the Airbnb where I was staying. Two of them, a...

A couple of months ago, I talked about your internal compass being the source of your intuition. Well, what good is a compass without a map? Your intuition might point you in a certain direction, e.g., “Head west instead of east,” but a map can show you important...

There was a time in my life when I chose a tarot or oracle card every morning, seeking guidance from the Universe about how my day would unfold. Sometimes I chose two or three cards from different decks, then compared them to see if there was a common theme. At the...

Humans need oxygen to survive and chi is the life force or energy that permeates all matter on this planet. Chi is also the lowest living organism (bees and plants are the second lowest) and can penetrate up to six or seven feet through most types of walls. So, if...

Someone recently asked me to explain how I came up with the name of my business: The Jade Tree Bridge. So, let’s start with the word “jade.” First: The jade plant is a feng shui remedy that attracts wealth and prosperity. Second: In ancient times, Chinese jade was...