When my 25-year marriage fell apart, my life came crumbling down. As I sat in the rubble, I realized that the only way to move forward was to confront a painful past and learn to let go. Leaving my 33-year career in health care sustainability, I headed to Hawaii to put an end to what was and find the beginning of what’s next.

Embarking on a vision quest, I immersed myself in the natural world and received a message of trust and divine guidance. I started to see nature as a safe place to learn valuable lessons for navigating life and healing. I offer hope and insights through inspirational essays and heart-centered stories to help others feel less alone with life’s challenges and instead embrace difficult life experiences as initiations, offering wisdom and hidden gifts. On my spiritual journey, I realized that, creating real change in the world, - environmentally, socially, politically, spiritually, - starts with ourselves. Heal ourselves, heal each other, and heal the world.

Field Notes on Letting Go is for people that want to drop the script they’ve been forced to follow, write a new narrative, and live free from fear. It is accompanied by Field Notes on Letting Go - A Pondering Workbook for further exploration of the landscape of life, connection to nature, and to your inner child for healing and personal freedom.