Time: Rushed vs. Bored
Time often feels that way, no? Too much or too little. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's thought about taking time from the doctor's...
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- May 14
Bright ideas
Great ideas drive so many of us. "This would be a gamechanger." "Here's how I'll make my millions." And how many of us hoard great...
- Apr 2
The Risks in Meditating
Sounds funny, right? That meditating can be risky? But anyone who's tried it knew immediately this wasn't some transcendent walk in the...
- Mar 29
A Relationship Assessment
Relationships are the central fact of existence. Interdependence is how life on planet earth works, and the quality of those...
- Mar 8
If you had 10 years left...
Let's say you will die 10 years from right now. What would you stop doing? What will your life look like if you took this assessment at...
- Mar 3
Comfortable or Safe?
My heart rate is up, I feel edgy and tense, that fight-flight-freeze thing is going on. "Uh, oh," says the mind's narrative. Not good. ...
- Feb 18
A meditation
Breathe. Once more. Notice sensations inside your body. Notice the reactions you have to those sensations (anxiety, tension, judgement,...
- Feb 17
The wisdom of your body
You know who they are: the ones who are great at sports, don't get sick, and follow their "gut" to get where they need to go. These...
- Feb 10
A writing prompt for you
Your alarm goes off. You wake up, stretch, slide out of bed, do your thing. You pick up your phone. "Today is February 10.5, 2021."...
- Feb 3
"What we practice grows stronger."
(Note: no symbolism behind the picture; I just thought it was high time for a doggo photo) Years ago, a client left me a plain notecard...
- Feb 1
Words suck sometimes.
Words are clearly the basis of what I do-- I'm a talk therapist. That's the currency of my career. But words serve us best as a window. ...
- Jan 26
Who are you?
You may have more say over this than you think. Perhaps you are simply an amalgation of what you choose-- your thoughts, your actions and...
- Jan 19
Lead from the Center
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them...
- Jan 18
Just begin. Again.
We begin every day- no way around it, really. Might as well be purposeful. Beginning again isn't the same thing as continuing to chase...
- Jan 14
Dance with the Boogeyman
Take a breath, close your eyes (after you're done reading, of course). When was the last time you were afraid? Maybe that fear had a...
- Jan 6
The wisdom of bugs.
"What's bugging you?" "You got a bug up your butt." "I'll put that bug in his ear." Perhaps bugs symbolize those moments when something...
- Apr 15, 2020
"Don't touch me!"
Here's a link to a short article by my wonderful colleague Rivka, talking about the uncontrolled negative reaction to touch (sexual...
- Apr 8, 2020
A tall glass of cool water
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/healingjustice/healing-justice/e/52933965 Please take 16 minutes to care for your body-- the body that's...
- Mar 27, 2020
Learning from the baboons
This video clip is Dr. Robert Sapolsky, neuroscientist and one of life's color commentators, discussing what happened to social order in...
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