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I launched a webcast last week and barely told you about it. It's what the restaurants call a "soft opening," so I shouldn't publicize it further until we're ready for the hoards to watch. But in some quarters, posting on snicholsblog doesn't yet … [Continue reading] about The Conscious Reality Show with Sara Stevens Nichols has launched
On Tuesday, October 15 at 7pm Pacific Time (natch), my husband Bill Magavern* & I will convene our 2024 California Ballot Measure Forum on Zoom. The focus will be entirely on ballot measures, predominantly the Ten statewide propositions. No … [Continue reading] about Do you Vote in California? Register to Attend Our California Ballot Measure Forum Tuesday, October 15th
Spot-Check Inventory: How Much Do You Know about Your Body, Food & Healing? How much do we really know about what best serves our bodies? what food is ours to eat? and what healers to consult and when to believe them? To find out … [Continue reading] about Try My New Spot-Check Inventory: How Much Do You Know about Your Body, Food & Healing?
Since I'm writing a book on how to know what you know, I thought I'd treat you to some thoughts about what is knowing, and what is not. In Western culture, many human survival strategies masquerade as knowing. Today I'm starting a limited series to … [Continue reading] about Is Thinking the Same as Knowing?
A headline in The Washington Post caught my eye today, "Harris and Trump prep for a debate that could define rest of the campaign." I wasn't thinking about the U.S. Presidential election, but about how often I do this to myself, decide that some … [Continue reading] about Will the outcome of this debate define the rest of your life?
Let's not mince words: Each of the presidential candidates is focused on a particular quality in the 2024 election: Republican Candidate for President, former President Donald Trump is focused on fear. Democratic Candidate for President, … [Continue reading] about While the candidates focus on Fear & Joy in the November Elections, My Focus is Faith (what’s yours?)
I choose to get up early every morning even though I don't have to. I was raised to be a late bird. Most nights I'd fall asleep to the clatter of our father's manual typewriter as he wrote plays and the loud television as our mother strained to hear … [Continue reading] about Do the One Thing First & Early
My husband and I just finished binging the third season of The Bear on Hulu.* The story of a highly dysfunctional family (you discover just how dysfunctional over the course of the series) trying to run a restaurant is, as all critics will and … [Continue reading] about Are you a Chef or a Jeff? Spiritual Lessons of The Bear
As the grandchild of a Jungian, I was raised on "synchronicity"--the Jungian term for paying attention to coincidence. My grandmother, Sally Stevens Nichols, author of Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, lived by it, and my mother definitely … [Continue reading] about Pay Attention to Coincidence
It turns out I've been asking the wrong questions about the presidential candidates in the 2024 U.S. election. For years I've been judging the general American public who seems to think that the best question is who will be the most fun to watch … [Continue reading] about Sit back and Enjoy the Presidential Election Reality TV Show
I've nodded sagely over the years as I've heard a friend share that one of the ways she survives in relationships is by "not blaming, or shaming or making other people (especially her life partner) wrong." "Me too," I thought, "me too" as I … [Continue reading] about I am right and you are wrong
I'm guessing that a large percentage of our readers are news junkies who (happily or not) consume tons of content from various sources that they are perfectly capable of picking for themselves, thank you very much. An equally large percentage are … [Continue reading] about breathe, pray, subscribe: how to deal with this week’s news (whatever it is)