Letting go of conditions
Conditions. We’ve all had that at some point. I would be so much happier if I lost twenty pounds. I could be happier if my house was completely organized […]
because clarity matters…
Clarity. We all want it. We yearn to get clear, to know who it is we are, what it is we have to offer, how it is we are meant […]
Self-care for when life sucks
Your infant isn’t sleeping so you aren’t sleeping. One of your parents has just suffered a significant health crisis. Your relationship is on the rocks. Your job situation is tough-and-go. […]
Be the light…
I started the new year with enthusiasm. This was the year that I was going to start running earlier than I normally do (I am a fair weather runner which […]
The journey is the goal…
“Oh, I couldn’t do that. I’d have to be a completely different size before I can take such a nice vacation,” a friend said when a girls’ Caribbean vacation was […]
Practicing generosity
I was a sophomore in college when I learned one of the principles that still guides me today. Visiting with a friend who lived down the hall, I commented on […]
an exercise in grounding
I was needing some grounding recently and while that can sometimes come with big swatches of time spent outside (the great outdoors have always given me some great perspective), the […]
Have drama? A guide to smoothing things over
There is nothing that puts a pit in my stomach faster than drama: both the drama of actual hard things and then the drama that we can stir up about […]
Teaching truth
There had always been hints of it. But it was in the spring of my ninth grade year that I came to understand that the ideas some people had about what […]
Your worth is not made-up
“So, is it okay to care about what we wear or put on make-up,” I was asked at a recent workshop I led on body image and self-acceptance. And I […]
