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Which hobbies provide relief from information overload?
Are you experiencing chronic anxiety caused by information overload? If so, you are not alone. Turn off the latest disheartening news,...
Aug 1, 20181 min read


Who is your teacher and are you receptive to learning?
Pema Chodron says that others show us where we are stuck. They say or do something and before we know it, we are hooked and then we react...
Mar 29, 20181 min read


How do you differentiate your own expectations from those of your growing child?
As I was scanning Twitter last night, I was drawn to friend and colleague Amy Gage's tweet about a parent's essential task - "My work is...
Jan 10, 20182 min read


Who is your wisest guide?
When I am frantic or in deep emotional pain or overwhelmed, my tendency is to believe that I can climb quickly out of the muck by finding...
Nov 27, 20171 min read


Does anticipation of the holidays fill you up? Or squeeze the breath out you?
I can almost hear the soundtrack from Jaws in the back ground when I think about the quickly approaching holidays... da dum, da dum, da...
Nov 8, 20172 min read


What is pulling on you? And where is it leading?
Rumi, the 13th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet, scholar and very wise man said "Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of...
Nov 6, 20171 min read


Where do you fit in the golden chain of connections-in-goodness?
Mary Ford-Grabowsky, a gifted writer and teacher says this about appreciation... "Recipients of our appreciation are apt to express their...
Oct 30, 20171 min read


What are you choosing to put into your frame?
Dag Hammarskjold said "We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny, but what we put into it is ours." What a hopeful,...
Oct 11, 20171 min read


What conceals your True Nature?
My True Nature can be concealed by my fear of politicians who make policy decisions guided primarily by self-interest. It can also be...
Oct 2, 20171 min read


Wellbeing Wednesday: The smell of sun-warmed leaves in the fall
As I walked through my friend's glorious flower garden this past weekend, the mid-September sun was in its fully glory, warming the earth...
Sep 20, 20171 min read