You will find what you seek
If you look for the instances of prejudice you will find them If you look for instances of hatred they won’t be far away If you look for reasons to be offended they will line up If you look for instances of kindness you will find them If you look for instances of love […]
We Have Become so Angry
The 7 steps we can take to calm it down In 2003 I wrote a column for the local paper about the growing lack of civility in politics and news media. Here we are 15 years later and culturally we are angrier, ruder, more quarrelsome, more anxious and stressed, and have a new outlet for […]
An Elevated View
Crossing the wide span Of a tall river bridge I want to freeze the moment As I gaze out across the endless wide water. It always makes me ecstatic Uplifting me to some Other plane of existence As if I were flying high above All troubles and strife. I feel every cell In my body […]
Comparing Ourselves to Others
In this day and age where we have so many outlets for intimately seeing other’s lives, and it’s important we aren’t distracted from our own. Comparisons can be dangerous—and can lead to feeling of inadequacy, sadness, inferiority, even depression. Comparing yourself to those you admire or comparing your family to other families you think are […]
The Relevance of Meditation
When someone comes to me with concerns, be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual, the first strategy I recommend for coping and healing is to learn to meditate. When the body is sending stress signals of discomfort, when the mind is bouncing from worries to regrets and back again, when a person never finds the time look inward […]
What Is Health?
What is health anyway? With all the talk about the flu lately, and how seemingly healthy individuals can have very serious cases of it, it brought to mind how we think of health. In the tradition of western medicine, the definition of health is an absence of symptoms of illness or disease. In actuality, one […]
January Newsletter 2018
This year is starting off for me in an unfamiliar, sort of scattered way. I’d like to be really honest with all of you, I want to be as authentic as I can be this year. We are all moving through this life trying to discover who we really are, what is true, how to […]
My Little Holiday Message
I wish this holiday that you find ways to make it easier on yourself. Remember, your time is the most precious gift of all. Most presents will eventually be tomorrow’s trash, but not your presence.
When There is a Bad Feeling….
To transcend a bad feeling don’t hold it back, push it down, wish it away, or deny it. Open yourself to fully feel it with all of its pointed daggers and crushing weight. As this emotion is acknowledged by you, wholly felt, accepted, embraced, only then may it begin finding its way through you […]
It’s a Women’s World to be Had
Another report out today, this time from the World Economic Forum’s findings and projections revealing the gender gap is worsening. They rank countries by economic opportunities, education, political participation and health. These kinds of reports send off alarm bells in my head. Not because I’m not aware of these realities, not because I don’t feel […]