Have you ever said, “I’m not creative”… and believed it?

In this episode, we take a closer look at what creativity really is—and how it shows up in the most ordinary, practical, and unexpected ways. From fixing things and figuring things out to adapting in real time, you may be more creative than you’ve ever given yourself credit for.

This is a story about being held, about forgiveness that arrives without effort, and about discovering a deeper connection to something greater than ourselves.

What if prayer isn’t something you do… but something you live inside of?

In this episode, I share how my understanding of prayer has shifted from structured and effortful… to something softer, simpler, and always present. From a surprising high school moment to quiet wildflower fields, this is an invitation to move from performing prayer to becoming prayer.

What if nothing is wrong… even when it feels like nothing is happening?

In this gentle and deeply reflective episode, Lulu explores the hidden season of growth—the quiet, unseen work that happens beneath the surface of our lives. Like a seed in the dark soil, transformation is often taking place long before we can see evidence of it.

Through personal reflection and grounded spiritual insight, she speaks to the experience of revisiting old memories, feeling unexpected emotions, and navigating the tender process of healing.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re stuck… behind… or not making progress—this episode offers a different perspective:

You may not be buried. You may be planted.

A dawn encounter with a dolphin becomes an invitation to live more deeply. In this episode, Lulu reflects on surface living, spiritual awareness, and the quiet ways life calls us deeper.

In this episode, Lulu reflects on how the imaginative wisdom we use as children to navigate difficult moments can become powerful spiritual tools as adults.

Through storytelling, gentle humor, and reflection, she invites listeners to consider their own “magic carpets” — the places, practices, or inner awareness that help them rise above the storms of life.

In this episode, Lulu reflects on the surprising ways our lives intersect — through chance encounters, shared moments, and the quiet networks of connection that seem to weave beneath the surface of ordinary life. 

In this episode, Lulu shares a humorous and deeply reflective story about the unexpected moment she completely lost her voice while preparing for her ordination talks at Unity Village. What began as a frustrating experience became an unexpected introduction to the deeper meaning of silence.

This episode invites you to notice the sacred stillness that exists underneath the hum of daily life — the quiet awareness that is already holding, breathing, and enfolding us.

What do wild lake squirrels, Game of Thrones, Alaska daydreams, aging knees, emotional “acorns,” and a striped hammock have in common?

More than you might think.

In this episode, Lulu reflects on the delightful chaos of watching squirrels at the lake and discovers a surprisingly honest metaphor for her own wandering mind — and perhaps yours. From unfinished projects and overfull inboxes to the quiet fears we squirrel away for “later,” this episode gently explores what it means to live halfway between living in the now...or not.

What happens when we slow down long enough to notice what usually slips past our peripheral vision?

In this episode of Light in the Garden, Lulu shares a series of surprising encounters with the natural world—from a duck sheltering in a tree to a dragonfly hitching a five-mile ride—and reflects on how paying attention gently reshapes the way we move through our days.

The episode closes with a short guided meditation inviting you to pause, widen your awareness, and practice the simple art of noticing.

Sometimes the light we bring isn’t dramatic.

Sometimes… it’s just attention.

In The Pearl Within, Lulu reflects on the slow, holy work happening inside us all, even when we think nothing is changing. With story, spacious pauses, and a closing meditation, this episode invites you to soften, breathe, and rediscover the beauty already forming at your center.

In this episode of Light in the Garden, Lulu reflects on the quiet holiness of ordinary days — feeding dogs, washing dishes, watching plants root on a windowsill, and noticing how light slips into moments we usually rush past. A gentle invitation to slow down, pay attention, and discover what is quietly luminous right where you are. The episode closes with a simple meditation on noticing.

Rest is not quitting. It is listening. Lulu reflects on exhaustion, aging, and the quiet bravery required to lay down old expectations and receive a slower, truer rhythm.
This episode is an invitation to stop striving—and discover what’s waiting in the stillness.

Life rarely unfolds in straight lines. In this episode, Lulu explores the sacredness hidden inside unfinished rooms, complicated histories, and the tender chaos of becoming who we actually are.

What if the mess is not a mistake… but part of the blessing?

The road continues… and so do the reckonings. In Part Two, Lulu reflects on injury, grief, disappointment, and the holy work of listening when the body refuses to cooperate with the soul’s timetable.
Sometimes stopping is not failure.Sometimes it is the deeper crossing.

What happens when an impossible idea begins to feel unavoidable? Lulu shares the origins of her attempted walk across America—the longing that started it, the spiritual question beneath it, and the moment when movement itself became a form of prayer.
This is the story of saying yes before you know how.

A long-held dream leads to the high desert of Colorado—and into a series of unexpected initiations. In this episode, Lulu tells the story of a bucket-list pilgrimage that became something far deeper: rituals, courage, a bridge crossed, and a sycamore that had something to teach her about becoming elder.
Some journeys don’t take you where you planned.They take you where your soul has been waiting.

In this episode of Light in the Garden, Lulu brings us to the edge of the water - her beloved morning lake - where stillness, birdsong, and breath become teachers.
What begins as a simple daily ritual unfolds into a meditation on aging, attention, grief, gratitude, and the holy work of showing up to our own lives one quiet morning at a time. 

The lake becomes a threshold place: where the mind softens, the heart settles, and the world reminds us of our divinity beneath the noise.

Settle in.

Come sit by the water.

Let the lake do what it always does - teach.

Most of us don’t fail to dream — we fail to go… and sometimes one brave yes is enough to reorder your whole inner landscape. This episode is about a pilgrimage to Omega Institute that began as a bucket-list trip and became an unexpected initiation into listening to the deeper self, the soul.