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Intention Driven Life
“We really need to do this more often,” my husband tells me as we sit on the porch of our little cabin overlooking the Shoshone National...
Leah Dawkins
Jun 162 min read


The Goddess
The month of May has always been one of my favorites. It could be because the weather is changing and spring is turning into summer....
Leah Dawkins
May 132 min read


Sweating with the Grandmothers
“I booked us a sweat lodge. Can you make it?” My girlfriend asks. “And we are bringing another student. He’s an excellent grounder.” I...
Leah Dawkins
Apr 163 min read


Chasing Lightening Bugs
I am almost 55 years old, and I feel like a complete fake. Sometimes. Not all the time. Who am I to suggest I can upend my entire...
Leah Dawkins
Mar 162 min read


What if...
This has been a phrase I have been contemplating for a while. What if. Simple, really, but for me powerful. What if I am stuck in traffic...
Leah Dawkins
Feb 152 min read


Triggers and Glimmers
We all have them. Things that just set us off. And things that light up our soul. Triggers and Glimmers. Most of my life I have reacted...
Leah Dawkins
Jan 132 min read


Chop Wood, Carry Water
As the holidays grow close, the chores to create a special time of the year seem to grow on top of each other. Every year I think to...
Leah Dawkins
Dec 15, 20242 min read


The Closet Astrologer
Tomorrow Pluto leaves the house of Capricorn and enters Aquarius where it will stay for the next 20 years. Or so I have been told. It...
Leah Dawkins
Nov 18, 20242 min read


Expectations Suck!
I have figured out in my life that my biggest challenge is managing expectations. Like, not having any. For any reason. It's a joy...
Leah Dawkins
Oct 21, 20242 min read


Ooops! I did it again.
Trying something new is scary and challenging. My ‘something new’ is self-publishing a book, but for others it might be a new diet or...
Leah Dawkins
Jul 30, 20243 min read


Growing Up Doraville
Well, the truth is I grew up Chamblee. Georgia that is. I went to school in Doraville. My house was situated on the side of...
Leah Dawkins
Jun 18, 20243 min read


A Love Letter to My Readers
Writing my first book, Home Cries the Soul, has been a love story of sorts. It didn’t start out that way. In fact, it was a way to put...
Leah Dawkins
Jun 9, 20243 min read


Embracing the Weird that is Me
“How much further?” my son-in-law asks, calling me as I travel down the road to meet him. He is dropping his truck off for service and...
Leah Dawkins
Apr 13, 20242 min read


I'm a Cacoa Convert
“My turn,” I say as I step in front of my friend Katie. David graciously steps asides and allows me to join in celebrating our fellow...
Leah Dawkins
Mar 25, 20243 min read


The Stockdale Paradox and Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
In the span of two weeks, I have watched good people, really good people, suffer imaginable pain in the form of familial deaths, chronic...
Leah Dawkins
Mar 13, 20242 min read


I am a GUEST BLOGGER!
Excited to announce my blog titled, The Wise Woman was accepted and posted on the Elephant Journal website. Visit...
Leah Dawkins
Mar 4, 20241 min read


The Learning Curve
I am an expert at being a nurse. I have done it for 32 years. I am also an expert at being a nurse leader. I have held leadership...
Leah Dawkins
Feb 21, 20244 min read


How Yoga Saved My Life
It sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? But I believe with every cell in my being that yoga and my practice on the mat saved me. In 2012 I was...
Leah Dawkins
Feb 2, 20243 min read


Leah Dawkins
Jan 31, 20240 min read
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