I am sorry to say that I am no longer able to offer private consultations. I anticipate continuing to post teachings (which will always be free) as long as I am able. I love writing to people, sharing what I hope is wisdom and encouragement. I want your own life to feel as rich and radically alive as my own does to me.
Please don’t feel concerned. Yes, I am aging, experiencing what comes with the territory. But I want you to know the truest reason I am letting go the consultations. It is because I don’t have forever to live. (Do you?) I don’t have endless days to laugh, have a jolly good time, be silly. Go for walks, drink in the natural world, savor the blessings that come to me every day, spend time with those dear to me. I am greedy! There seems no other way to be.
I want to be able to be spontaneous. What could be more delicious than that? Having scheduled appointments makes spontaneity challenging. Sometimes it’s lovely to lie down by my toasty wood stove, beside my cat, and doze awhile without regard for what time it is. A cat has no regard for the clock. She wants only to warm up and snooze. And when she gets frisky late the day, she wants to play — and I want to be available to toss her sparkly little balls that she loves to chase.
No one has ever said it better than Mary Oliver in her poem “The Summer Day”:
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? / Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?
My podcasts will continue to be available (free) to you, as will all of the teachings I have ever posted (which must number, by now, in the hundreds). My books and audios will continue to be available, as will the many free audio and video online teachings. I am deeply grateful for the donations I receive, no matter their size.
For the same reasons mentioned above, I will not be able to engage in lengthy email exchanges. I hope you understand.
Should any of this ever change, I will announce it in a teaching post. My love is with you!
Jan