Hurricane Harvey’s Wake-ups
Scene: Atlanta, GA, Day 3 of Hurricane Harvey. 3 of my flights had been cancelled, Houston airports closed. I was in a beautiful home, with people I cared about, healthy food, my own room in a high-end part of Atlanta. My family was evacuated, devastation all around. The disparity was stark. At the bottom of... Learn More
The Positive Power of Being Fed Up (John Bradshaw quote)
This phrase imprinted itself in my body about 30 years ago. It comes to me regularly, when I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired about something. AND, becoming FED UP with an outmoded way of being is certainly a positive thing in my life. Example: playing beneath my skill set – I was... Learn More
Conning the Universe
I’ve been single now for 40 years – enjoying sequential monogamy and times of being free and unattached. Occasionally, I would imagine myself in a committed, long-term relationship, traveling life’s journey together as lovers and best friends. Warm and real and “for” each other. This is not an impossible dream. I see it happening with... Learn More
Mona Lisa Smile
I’m a nice person. However. It’s difficult to keep my nice-ness engaged in a primary way when drivers of other cars behave reprehensibly – ie, cut in front of me in such a way that requires me to smash on the brakes in order to keep from plowing into the back of their car. SER.I.OUS.LY!!!!... Learn More
The Love Hormone
For years, as a psychotherapist and as a trainer, I’ve had people place their hands over the part of their body that is activated by what they are feeling … normally the heart area. It helped them stay in touch with their feelings, which made it easier to work with them. My friend Clare Vivian-Neal... Learn More
The Numinous at Work in Our Lives
Scene: Soper’s Hole, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, snorkeling First wake-up – the water here is either deep deep blue or see-through turquoise – exactly like postcards, which I’d previously suspected had been photo-shopped. Nope. The color of the water is real … real crystal blue, real see-through turquoise. Not cold. Refreshing. Perfect. Second wake-up –... Learn More