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"We are here to awaken from the illusion of separateness." -Ram Dass Last week, I wrote...
When was the last time something took your breath away? Honestly, before last night, I think it...
"When our world falls apart and we have no more faces to wear - that’s when it’s beautiful, and...
October 24, 2025
Pema Chodron: “Everything that shows up in your life is a vehicle for awakening. From this point...
September 24, 2025
Earlier this week, I told one of my clients about an experience I had on my flight home from...
September 4, 2025
Earlier this week, I noticed a dominant theme in the thoughts swirling in my head. I’ll give...
Imagine buying a brand new iPhone—shiny and new and in its original factory settings. It runs...
Last night, as I was lying in bed, my mind got really busy as it sometimes does when the house is...
Have you ever wondered why there seems to be a disconnect between what you know intellectually...
January 23, 2025
Dear Adorable Little Brain, You’ve been given such a bad rap for so long now that I just...
January 6, 2025
A few days ago, I woke up with a feeling of deep heaviness and dread. Nothing challenging or...
October 28, 2024
For most of us, there is an unconscious set of rules governing our moment-to-moment experience of...
About 16 years ago, when my grandma was still alive, we sat together on the front deck of my...
August 19, 2024
When I was about six years old, my parents took my sister and me to the North Carolina State Fair...
Early this morning, a couple hours before the sun rose, I awoke with a racing mind and a...
May 6, 2024
Back in 2018, when life felt unexpectedly heavy and dark, I had a hard time articulating what was...
Today, I received a voice memo from a long-time client of mine. She began her message by...
A couple weeks ago, I was called to meet my mom and sister in the emergency room where my dad was...
January 2, 2024
Dear Body, Right now, as I type this, there are five distinct, beautiful blue bruises on your...
November 12, 2023
To suffer is to misperceive reality. —Buddhist teaching Many years ago, our family had to say...
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