I’m on a mission to help people to find or recover their passion, to know their purpose and to live fully. I know something about that because not so long ago, life threw me enough curve balls that I started to question everything I believed. I learned to listen to my inner voice, and I found the courage to dream and to take action.

My passion is to shape life’s experiences and observations into relatable lessons for you. Sometimes those lessons focus on what I’ve gained from forty years of work in adult literacy programs. Sometimes they come from my walk on the Camino de Santiago (a pilgrimage trail in Spain) alone, at age 64, newly widowed. Sometimes they’re reflections of everyday life, with all its mysteries and charms. When I’m putting pen to paper—or watching a screen fill with words as I click on a keyboard—I gain clarity. When I speak with an audience or lead a workshop, I learn even more. These activities refresh me, they motivate me.

These days I do my writing and dreaming from the Lewis-Clark Valley in Washington where I live with the new love of my life—Ray. He’s introducing me to the world of vintage cars, rat rods and hot rods. I’m learning a lot, like to not tell a guy his car is cute. No, the proper term is badass. I also play around with gardening, although I’m not good at it. I like to walk along the Snake River and admire the trees along the trail. They nurture my dreams.

I hope that my words will inspire you; that they will spark some ah-ha’s and oh yeah’s and nudge you to put action to your ideas. Perhaps my vision board workshop or power word session will be the springboard you need to define your life purpose and reach for your dreams. After all,

You can do anything.

You’re unstoppable.

You are amazing!