In this brief episode, we open to a passage from Erich Fromm’s To Have or To Be? exploring two timeless principles: the unconditional mercy of the motherly and the conditional justice of the fatherly. Fromm shows how societies lean toward one or the other, and how our deepest yearning is for their union — compassion and justice, intellect and intuition, structure and tenderness. Together we reflect on how the Goddess energy, alive within each of us, calls us back to cooperation with nature and unconditional love. May this remembrance help us restore balance in our lives and in the world.

• “May we walk in balance, with mercy in our hearts and justice in our hands.”

• “May the Goddess within remind us: love is unconditional, and life is sacred.”

• “May we remember to live in cooperation with nature, and in harmony with one another.”

• “May the song of mercy and justice guide us home to love.”

• “All is love, all is one — may we never forget.”

  
  

  
  

Welcome to the Tree of Serendipity... I'm so glad you're here.

In today's episode, we step into Julia Cameron’s timeless classic The Artist’s Way—Week 2: Recovering a Sense of Identity. I share a brief check in and then together we explore how trusting our creativity can feel unsettling at first, why self-doubt and toxic playmates often sabotage our recovery, and how the practice of Morning Pages becomes a lifeline back to authenticity.

You’ll hear a gentle reading - from this chapter—all the way up to the doorway of the Crazymakers section. Consider this a nudge, an invitation, and perhaps even a dare: to pick up your pen, begin your own Morning Pages, and witness the unfolding of your true creative self.

Your creativity is not frivolous—it is your birthright. The process, not the product, is where healing and transformation begin.

So join me in this exploration, and see what happens when you trust your inner artist and give them space to breathe. ✨

*Please check out the links I've provided here to both her audiobook and podcast.

**Thank you for listening to this episode of The Tree of Serendipity. The readings and reflections shared here are drawn from beloved books and sacred moments that have inspired my heart. I offer these excerpts with deep reverence and full credit to the authors. If you are the rights holder and prefer I not include your work, please contact me directly and I will honor your request with love and respect.

Good morning and welcome back to The Tree of Serendipity. I am sitting here today in the soft light of Monday morning, with a heart still glowing from sending off a manuscript last night. After years of tending, writing, revising, and loving this story into being, I pressed send. It felt like placing a prayer in the hands of the Universe. Could I have worked on it for years more? Maybe. But perhaps it was already whole, already ready to make its way into the world. And this morning, as if in reply, The Tree pulled Matt Kahn’s The Universe Always Has a Plan. How perfect is that?

Matt shares how easily we, especially as empaths, can abandon our happiness in order to match the suffering of others. He explains how energy works like a game — whoever is more committed to their state of being, whether joy or pain, sets the tone for the room. And so often, those of us with sensitive hearts lower our light so others feel less alone. But as Matt reminds us: “Don’t dim your light in any way. Shining less helps no one transform.” (p.59)

He speaks of how our presence is a gift — but only meant to be received for a certain span of time. Sometimes people can bask in the warmth of another’s light only briefly before it stirs the very patterns that are ready to be healed. This is not rejection, he says, but redirection. And always, the soul is being guided toward the precise encounters and experiences that best serve its evolution.

✨ Closing Reflection
This felt like such a living echo of last night’s release — trusting the moment to let go, trusting the light to shine, trusting the greater plan to carry it where it needs to go. And now, to open to what today's new light may bring... May this be a reminder to us all: your light is medicine. Shine it fully, not by shrinking, but by radiating what you truly are. The Universe always has a plan.

• “Feeling better helps everyone heal.” (p.57)

• “Don’t dim your light in any way. Shining less helps no one transform.” (p.59)

  
  

  
  

  *Thank you for listening to this episode of The Tree of Serendipity. The readings and reflections shared here are drawn from beloved books and sacred moments that have inspired my heart. I offer these excerpts with deep reverence and full credit to the authors. If you are the rights holder and prefer I not include your work, please contact me directly and I will honor your request with love and respect.