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Recent weeks have left many of us reeling. The world is in tatters as we watch events unfold. Countries are at war; the climate continues to respond with extreme events,…

The uncertainties of liminal space are challenging push you beyond yourself. One of the aspects of uncertainty is losing touch with your strengths, gifts, and talents. It can be such…

Even under more normal conditions, the holiday season can be a bit fraught. In today’s world, families stretch across states or even countries. Touched by difficult circumstances, losses of all…

Lately I’ve been listening to Poetry Unbound with host Padraig O’Tuama. Produced by On Being Studios, it is an immersive exploration of a single poem. Launched in December 2019, each…

The idea of self-care has become a catch phrase in our culture. I feel like I hear it all the time. Yet, I wonder what real self-care is. While a…

Homesick: Longing for home and family while absent from them.  Listening to a recent dinner conversation with a high school senior, one of the topics was homesickness. When others at…

Grief is such a personal experience. Your own grief experience depends on many factors ranging from the type of loss (death, non-death, divorce, empty nest, change in your health or someone else’s) to details surrounding the loss itself. How you experience your loss depends on whether it was sudden or occurred after many months or even years.

Recently I was reading a March 2021 Atlantic Monthly article titled “Bring Back the Nervous Breakdown.” The author, Jerry Useem, reported several intriguing facts about the origins and label ‘nervous…

Inside my beehive, the frames fit together neatly. They create rows of cells to be filled by the resident bees with comb, brood, honey, water, nectar, pollen and of course, baby bees.

Every day we have opportunities to attend to the bodies we live in. Take a few minutes to sit still with your body. Notice your feet touching the floor, your…