Not the stereotypical Aspen family, neither owning a private jet nor having a nest egg of funds designated towards exotic adventure trips, humanitarian explorations or top notch sport camps, my husband and I decided to have an unscheduled summer for our three boys. This was back in 2012, just when Colorado Amendment 64 was being passed. At the age of thirteen anything alluding to the idea … Continue reading Pot

Questions: What does ridding the ego mean? The key is to pay attention to what you already intuitively know. You can’t possibly get rid of your strong healthy sense of ego. There is a difference between having an ego and being egotistic. Don’t get rid of something that is productive. What is a bodhisattva? Somebody who takes a bow to come back and help people to … Continue reading Paying attention to what you already intuitively know.

You are right in the middle of this beautiful spiritual stew and I want to go all the way back to your mother’s fairies. Fairies are the mystical beings that are guides. Have you tapped into your spirit guides? There is your next journey. Research animal spirituality. Ted Andrews says that if an animal bites or attacks you that is your spiritual guide. Steve has … Continue reading Spiritual Guides

If you follow my social media channels @AspenRealLife you will already know that I am on a mission to prove a theory that one can gain success through the practice of meditation and the belief in oneself and it all begins by learning how to shut the front door on negative thinking. Step 1: Surround yourself with people who believe in you and encourage you to stay … Continue reading Bear in da house

I don’t know how he ended up in my car but he was there with a big smile on his face, “It’s all gonna be fine,” he said, “You’ll see”. It was Fletcher, the boy down the street who once babysat my boys, before he went off to college. He was the one they loved the most for there were no rules other than to … Continue reading An Anxiety Dream About Moving

It just so happens that I tricked Baddy into having that third boy in Playa del Carmen. The window flew wide open when he happily emerged from the bar where he had been watching the Superbowl, to hand deliver a quart of ice cold margarita in?a styrofoam cup?to my beach chair. “No, no honey, you drink it,” I encouraged, “I’ll just go slip into something less … Continue reading Now We Have Three

After my ninth sold out Aspen Connect conversation held at a venue that I had set my sights on from the inception, rather than feeling as though I had arrived, I felt so very lost. If I could define what it was to drive me to produce eight back to back events in 9 months, I would say that it was the disconnect between business … Continue reading Finding Clarity – surfing salidadas