Posts Tagged ‘Colette Lafia’
How Our Special Places Connect Us to Gratitude
This past July, I decided to leave the San Francisco summer fog, and head across the Golden Gate Bridge to a retreat center in warm Marin county. The Santa Sabina Retreat Center, tucked away in a corner of the Dominican College campus, feels likes a large home, with 40 single bedrooms surrounding a lovely courtyard with…
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Self-Care: Inviting the Spirit
Wednesday Wisdom. Self-Care in Times of Transition: Inviting the Spirit. Transitions are sacred times, whether they’re times of loss, times of change, or times of uncertainty. The way we take care of ourselves during times of transition makes all the difference. I’m really facing this as I move through the journey of mourning the death of…
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Interview with Carl McColman on Befriending Silence: Discovering the Gifts of Cistercian Spirituality
Interview with Carl McColman, January 2016 facilitated by Colette Lafia Carl McColman and I share a mutual appreciation and affection for the monastic life. We first connected last year when he read and reviewed my book, Seeking Surrender: How a Trappist Monk Taught me to Trust and Embrace Life. Now, I am delighted to return…
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Interview with Jonathan Montaldo
Interview with Jonathan Montaldo, November 2015 facilitated by Colette Lafia I had the great joy of meeting Jonathan Montaldo twelve years ago at the Santa Sabina Center in San Rafael, California, when he led a retreat based on the teachings of Thomas Merton. Over the years we have shared a friendship, and I’m grateful that our…
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