Hi, I missed my usual Tuesday blog post. At first, I wanted to call it procrastination ... but then I noticed what was really happening. Maybe I wasn’t failing, even if my inner dialogue suggested otherwise. Maybe I needed a pause. This week’s reflection is here: When Procrastination May Actually Be a Sign You Need a Pause With love,Trisha
about 9 hours ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, Lately, I’ve been feeling the threads of my work coming together in a way I did not fully expect. For years, I’ve written and taught about life transitions, purpose, legacy, and what it means to move from one chapter of life into the next with more clarity, courage, and heart. And now I’m realizing that my newest project, My Caregiving Essentials, is part of that same body of work. Actually, it has become one of my own legacy projects, even though I never really saw it coming....
5 days ago • 1 min read
Hi, Today, Facebook Memories reminded me that it was one year ago today that I bought my RV. A year. So much has happened since then and here I am, exactly where I was a year ago. Still talking about hitting the road. Still feeling tethered to something I can’t quite name. Maybe you know that feeling too; when life is calling you forward, but love, guilt, fear, or responsibility keeps you standing still. This week’s reflection is about putting others before ourselves, remembering that love...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hi, This week’s Your Weekly Spark is a little more personal. After listening to Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way on a long drive, I decided to recommit to the practice of Morning Pages; three pages of honest, unfiltered writing first thing in the morning. I didn’t expect much. But just three days in, the pages started revealing some truths I had been quietly avoiding: about my body, my money, my energy, my freedom, and the ways I’ve been trying to soothe myself through a life that no longer...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Hi, I didn’t realize how tightly I’d been holding my breath until a single phrase loosened something inside me: Chosen proximity. This week’s reflection is about caregiving, love, boundaries, and the possibility of being close without losing yourself. You can read it here: https://www.amatterofmagic.com/blog/chosen-proximity-being-there-and-being-free#/ It also include information about my new book, set to come out in June! With love,Trisha
20 days ago • 1 min read
Hi there, I’m writing this week from the middle. The middle of inspiration and exhaustion.The middle of momentum and limitation.The middle of seeing what’s possible and knowing my body needs me to slow down. This week’s Weekly Spark is called Resting in the Middle of Momentum. You can read it here: https://www.amatterofmagic.com/blog/your-weekly-spark-resting-in-the-middle-of-momentum#/ With love,Trish
29 days ago • 1 min read
Hi, Lately, I’ve been noticing something deeper about joy. Not the louder, more obvious kind of joy.Not the performative kind of joy.Something quieter. Something subtle. And more available than I may have realized before. This week’s blog post is a reflection on unexpected joy and how love often lives right in the middle of ordinary life ... even when life feels hard. You can read it here: https://www.amatterofmagic.com/blog/your-weekly-spark-the-quieter-kind-of-joy#/ With love, Trish
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi, This morning, I finally gave in. After two weeks of juggling allergies, asthma, and what I kept telling myself was “just a cold,” I spent the morning on the couch. Not in some noble, intentional, self-care kind of way. More like completely flattened and unable to lift my head off the pillow. What unfolded was this week's Weekly Spark ... a reflection on caregiving, self-neglect, and how easy it is to keep putting ourselves last until the body finally says no. If you’ve been carrying a...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi, Yesterday, I took a wrong turn and found myself on a road I hadn’t been on in eight years. This morning, a Facebook memory popped up and pulled a thread, reminding me how it all flows together ... This wasn’t something I planned to write. It just came through this morning. I felt compelled to share it: https://www.amatterofmagic.com/blog/how-the-past-finds-us#/ With love, Trisha
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi, This may seem like a detour from my reinvention series ... but the truth is, it’s part of the same story. I'm calling it The Life Beneath the Reinvention: What Caregiving Is Teaching Me About What Comes Next The life I’m trying to create only makes sense in the context of the life I’m living right now. I have a feeling you may relate. My dad was admitted to the hospital by ambulance this week. This post is about what happened there, and how it’s shaping what comes next. It's real. It’s...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read