Three Tenets to Seeking Your Truth
The holidays are upon us, and as always it opens the door for a great amount of self-reflection. The end of the year brings many thoughts and feelings, but most often it invokes inquiry about where we...
View ArticleGetting Through the New Year’s Blues
This morning on the news I heard a report that the first Monday after the New Year is the most depressing day of the entire year. Considering most of us should already have our New Year intentions in...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Story? Let Me Tell You Mine
I truly believe in the power of story. Sharing your experience, your knowledge, and your wisdom is an act of selflessness even though it might sometimes feel self-promoting or egotistical. There’s one...
View ArticleWhy Life Feels Unfair
“All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.” – Bob Dylan Sometimes life seems very unfair until I realize that it’s supposed to be. How...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Being Broken
As a therapist, cancer survivor and divorce support counselor I know quite a bit about being broken open. I was making breakfast the other morning and I decided to have a fried egg. I heated the oil in...
View ArticleYou Are a Circle
“Wherever you go there you are.” – Jon Kabat Zinn I’m very into circles. I like anything round because for me the shape represents connection, continuity, and collaboration. Many of the things that I...
View ArticleDealing With Life’s Sold Out Moments
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” – Frank Zappa I have always tried to see life as a journey. There have been times in my life where I’ve been pulled to view my passage here...
View ArticleThe Importance of Documenting Your Life
I have a love hate relationship with January. On the one hand it brings the idea of renewal, fresh beginnings, and opportunities for growth and improvement. In fact January is named after Janus, the...
View ArticleHow to Make Love a Practice
“To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility.” – Bell Hooks...
View ArticleShould You Salvage or Trash Your Relationship? 5 Questions To Help You Decide
You’ve probably been in a situation at some point in your life when you have had to decide whether toss something out or repair it. Maybe it was a tattered pillow, a ripped pair of jeans, or an old...
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