danielleklafter
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No One Else Can Grow Me Up but Me
How many times during a day or a week do you expect someone else to solve your problem? Or to put it another way: how many times do you feel internally upset or dysregulated and your automatic response is to… Continue reading
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Scarcity versus Abundance
The stress was overwhelming. But then, for a moment, I remembered to breathe. Abundance. Breathe it in. It’s right there, waiting for me to claim. So do it. Breathe it in. Divine Essence, all around me. Believe. Slow. Move my… Continue reading
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A Prayer for an Election Day
On a day when so many feel much is at stake I pray we remember nothing is truly at stake. The things that matter most persist. Continue reading
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Transitions, Grief, and the Illusion of “Ownership”
We usually can’t move to a new thing without leaving something (or many things) behind. Whether it is a physical move of location; changing jobs or vocation; or welcoming or losing a member into a family or community through birth,… Continue reading
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Who and What are the Mystics?
Maybe I’m strange, but my first inclination when I heard the word was something to do with magic. Mystical. Magical. The words seemed similar enough. While my initial reaction wasn’t one of fear, I also internally thought, nah. That’s fine… Continue reading
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Welcoming Resistance
No matter what I want to build into my life—a workout regime, a writing habit, a parenting shift, marital intimacy—I have to face resistance if I want to embrace that lifestyle or task. But there’s something in me that resists… Continue reading
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Rewilding Motherhood
I felt my deep longings were seen and voiced by Evans. Also, the limitations of this season of life and our place in the world as women. It was a book that didn’t ask me to do or accomplish anything… Continue reading
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An Afternoon Hike: Lessons in Being Present to What is Already There
Every time I’d seen this sign for a hike at this campground on previous trips, I’d outright ignored it. Yeah right, I thought. That’ll be a joke. But this time I didn’t go for the view. I was just desperate… Continue reading
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Who My Five-Year-Old Wants to Vote For
Our family was sitting around the dinner table and my five-year-old daughter said, “What’s voting?” Commence civic education lesson one. Continue reading
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Moving Beyond Political Bifurcation Towards the “Law of Three”
I have a news flash for you. God doesn’t take sides. He’s not a Democrat, and he’s not a Republican. He’s not even an American. To view God as such is incredibly small-minded. Continue reading
Danielle Klafter 