During this tender time of necessary physical isolation, we can come together in soul and in spirit. This may be the silver lining to this devastating outbreak. It’s possible we are on the cusp of a great awakening, and a shift in our hearts and our values of what it means to be American.
Read MoreThis month, I am challenging myself (and you) to do one small thing. Instead of piling a monstrous undertaking onto myself and my circumstance, and then abandoning ship when I can't follow through, I choose an attainable, close-up goal. I choose a honed-in view, something I can see and almost reach.
Read MoreYour pain is valid. Just because you're not starving, homeless, or experiencing some other form of major trauma, does not mean you don't have room and reason to heal. When we judge and compare our circumstance and our past to another's, in order to invalidate our own experience, we excuse ourself from the responsibility to heal.
Read MoreEmbarking on a quest brings tail wagging excitement upon anticipation. Images scroll through your mind, and you of course create a rendition of the final product – the photo snapped when you finally reach the mountain’s peak. But in the middle of the process, as you are climbing, thirsty, and with aching muscles, your mind forgets the initial euphoria and you wonder if all of it was a dream, or worse, a crazy, futile aspiration.
Read MoreHave you ever looked around at the toys on the floor, the dishes in the sink, and the tiny handprints on the walls and wondered, “Did I really manifest this?” “Is this the life I asked for?”
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