Comfort & Joy

Lately, I’ve been noticing how generous comfort is. I can find it in the simplest things, like in the small bouquet of wildflowers I cut from my garden and placed in a white milk jug, which now has a broken handle.I love the brokenness of the jug. It reminds me…

How do we really honor a pause in our lives? Last week, when I was interviewed on a radio show about my book on comfort, the conversation turned to our need to listen to the pauses in our lives. A pause. A rest. A staycation. What is a staycation? “A…

I opened one of my journals from the period of time I was writing my book, Comfort and Joy, and came across this paragraph that I would like to share: I found the first step in learning to comfort myself was being receptive to what I was going through, not…

I led a comfort circle last week at a women’s health conference. I enjoyed hearing the participants share different ideas they had for bringing more comfort into their daily lives, and wanted to pass along the suggestions. Here’s what they said: • turn off the cell phone for an hour…

Trust that what is meant to be is already happening in your life. Find true comfort in believing in your own fulfillment, even if you have made decisions that didn’t work out very well. Just lean into your life. All of it. Comfort yourself with surrender and trust.

In everything I am doing today, I notice how much effort I am expending. I rub the hardwood floor with a little too much muscle, I pray with too intention, I eat with too much hunger. How can I loosen the grip? I first just allow myself to notice this,…