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"We are here to awaken from the illusion of separateness." -Ram Dass Last week, I wrote...
Urgency Is Not a Truth Teller. Urgency and desperation can absolutely describe our experience...
There are days when the nervous system speaks in whispers, a slight tightening in the throat,...
As many of you know, I spent last weekend in the North Carolina Mountains with three of my best...
I Know Nothing For so long, I thought knowing would save me. If I could see far enough...
August 9, 2026
Held For so long, I believed I was the one holding everything together. The family. ...
This morning, before the birds had finished their first conversation, I woke beneath a sky ...
July 24, 2026
The first time I saw Pete— long hair and Grateful Dead T-shirt— something within me stirred. ...
There was a time when I believed healing meant becoming a better version of myself. Less...
There was a time I believed healing would arrive as silence. No more fear. No more guilt,...
Grief arrives quietly. She does not announce her debut with clanging cymbals and flashy...
Symptoms Are Not the Obstacle; They Are the Opening I thought it was the end of me— an...
The Little One “There is a presence within me— A Little One so quiet, unassuming. She...
March 28, 2026
When I was an elementary school teacher, I had the honor of seeing life through the lens of small...
Clients often ask me what it was that began that initial shift for me back when I was in the...
As most of you know, every Thursday, I drive to my parents’ home to have breakfast with them. We...
I am continuously fascinated by the ways that we human beings soothe ourselves when life feels...
A few of you here already know about an unexpected epiphany that occurred yesterday…in the wee...
This past week in Office Hours, we looked more closely at what MINDS DO so that we could begin to...
January 9, 2026
A couple weekends ago, our family went to lunch together at our local country club. We wanted to...
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