Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
I have been studying the work of Dr. Peter Levine, founder of Somatic Experiencing, a pioneering somatic approach to treating trauma. One...
3:10 Minutes to Dissolve
Did you ever feel as though you had a crust around your heart? That you just needed to melt into...something...but you just didn't know...
Journaling Medicine
I have journaled since I was in second grade. My favorite entry is one I wrote as an 8 year old, proudly proclaiming in my little green...
Magic Sentences of Love
"I love to watch you..." I was moved by Special Ed teacher Rachel Macy Stafford's writings on the impact of these words on her family as...
What Defines You?
What defines you? The way you look, how you feel, what you believe? Sometimes we need to be a good bit bigger than than the story we...
How to Connect? Just Listen...
When we shift our attention toward listening, our whole world changes. Learning to listen is equal to learning to love. --Ruth Cox My...
Let Your Heart Open Like a Flower...
So many people tell me of their yearning to connect more richly with themselves and others, but feel stymied by being too scattered or...
Mindfulness=Happiness
Recently there have been some interesting studies correlating the qualities of mindfulness and "presence" with happiness. They've shown...
Your Phone is Your Friend!
My sister just returned from an intensive with meditation teacher Jack Kornfield, who invited the group of 300 attendees to turn on their...
You Reading This, Be Ready
Starting here, what do you want to remember? I love this poem by William Stafford. It is so easy to get so caught up in our story lines,...
