Witnessing the destruction of the California wildfires over the last couple of weeks has given me pause to reflect. Although we weren't directly impacted, several close friends and family members were evacuated, and some experienced considerable damage to their properties. My heart goes out to those who lost their homes. Being a relatively nostalgic and sentimental person, I couldn't imagine losing everything…
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One of my favorite things this time of year is to lie in the shade of a big, luxurious tree and look up through the lacy leaves at the blue sky above. Add a little breeze, and it’s like icing on the cake, with frothy, white clouds drifting by and the hushed sound of the wind through the branches…
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I can’t think of a better time to write about resilience than when I’m trying to rediscover it for myself. I’m realizing this must be a lifelong process. What allows us to be resilient in one situation, doesn't necessarily transfer to another situation at a different point in time. I continue to be reminded of this frustrating predicament, as I try to assure myself this is a fresh opportunity to grow, refine, and enhance my resiliency skills…
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Thanksgiving weekend kicks off the holiday season when we are often surrounded by family and friends (…or not), whether we like it… or not. Some attend large “Friendsgiving” dinner parties, others travel thousands of miles to sit at a dinner table with people they hardly know (beyond sharing the same blood)…
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Empowerment is a strong theme right now across the country. What does it mean and why is it so important? The prefix “em-“ is often used as a way to intensify the meaning of something. It indicates causing something to become, or happen to, itself. For example, if we are embodied, we are in our bodies, more aware of the sensations and experiences of our body…
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Benefits:
Opens the heart space and promotes expansion of the thoracic cavity (lungs, heart, diaphragm)
Stimulates the thymus gland in chest (which is responsible for white blood cell production and optimum immune function)…
"Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit." ~E.E. Cummings
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When I was a little girl, I was a storyteller, able to weave tales together like a master. I would try to convince others my stories were true, often because the stories felt so true for me. It was an imaginary world, and growing up in a home with one…
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"A week is no more than a flower in disguise."~ James Russell Lowell
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Have you ever known intuitively that a relationship wasn’t right for you?… Felt resolved to end it at some point? (“Just not yet.”) Somehow, weeks, months, even years pass by, and for various reasons you still can’t seem to bring yourself to end it? I have…
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"Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's waiting out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it." ~Pema Chodran
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Summer has officially arrived! Even if no one in your home is affected by the school summer vacation schedule, there tends to be a noticeable shift in energy level and attitude…
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“Good Vibration” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch is still on my workout playlist after all these years. It may be terribly dated and cheesy (and embarrassing to admit!), but I can’t help it…
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It’s a “tricky conundrum,” says Ryan Jon in his social media video addressed to his biological mother in recognition of Mother’s Day. The annual reminder to honor, celebrate, and appreciate the women who raised us is often times countered with an emotionally complex tsunami of loss, pain and sense of isolation…
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Standing above the waterfall, staring down into the fresh, bubbling water more than 30 feet below made my heart race and dance. I wanted to feel the thrill of falling and the sense of refreshing accomplishment when I plunged into the cool water. Then I began to doubt…
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"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them to the impossible." ~Arthur C. Clarke
