I have been setting aside intentional time to reflect on 2021.  I’ve been lining out my personal highlights, challenges, accomplishments, and unanswered prayers.   Seeing it all in summary causes me to have a lot of compassion for myself.  

2021 was a complicated year for me and for so many that I ...

A successful holiday season has nothing to do with champagne toasts or the perfect family photo.   So, can we all collectively agree to NOT put any added pressure of expectation on this time of year. 

Life is sometimes complicated enough.  No need to add forced fun to the To Do List. And btw, force...

Are you in need of a few tips to get through the Turkey Dinner?  

Well, you are certainly not alone!  

Family coming together for the Holiday Season has historically been known to bring on acute bouts of panic disorder and anxiety all on its own.  Add the past couple years we’ve all experienced an...

Freedom of choice feels like liberation from limitation.  Feeling stuck, well, that sucks!

Usually when we feel stuck, we have come to believe that we are out of choices, or we dislike the choices we have.  Often, our desired choice is not an option.  Yet, even when what we wish is not available, w...

Being vulnerable is good. It’s honest.  It’s authentic.  Expressing vulnerability is sharing exactly where you are at the given moment.  

Pretending to be anything else will increase your anxiety. 

Owning your anxiety (naming, sharing your thoughts) can quickly liberate you from the distorted beli...

Are you noticing how INTENSE it feels to simply live right now?  Division.  Discord.  Separation.  Fear.  Judgement.  Anger.  Abandonment.  Loss.  Rejection.  Isolation.  Sadness.  Grief.   Pain.   

The Buddhists have claimed that Life is Suffering.   Here we are.   

Things are dramatic, changing,...

This picture Shiva was taken in 2019 when I was visiting India.   

LORD SHIVA is known as the DESTROYER.   

Shiva’s role is to destroy in order to re-create.   The belief is that Shiva’s powers of destruction and recreation are used to destroy the illusions and imperfections of this world and pave...

Sometimes crappy things happen!

I was away at my son's lacrosse tournament this past weekend and while we were dining on pizza and salad our car was broken into.

They got my tote filled with things that are only valuable to me (my journal, my invisalign, my prescription sunglasses, etc.) and my 3 mont...

HI FRIENDS!....
I'VE DEFINITELY MISSED CONNECTING WITH YOU IN THIS WAY!  

WE HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON...

BUT FIRST, YOU MUST KNOW THAT THIS LAST YEAR... 

• LEFT ME RIDICULOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS ONE GLORIOUS LIFE WE ARE GIFTED TO EXPERIENCE

• AND AS A RESULT, I'M DOUBLING DOWN ON LIVING AS JOY...

Hi sweet peeps!   

I don’t know about you, but this past month or so has grown and challenged me so very much.  Today I feel grounded in much of the change that has taken place and for that I am grateful.     

At the start of this pandemic I found myself more overwhelmed than I expected. My uncle ...

This is the 2nd time I've been able to witness her in the flesh and both times have been life changing.   She certainly exudes joy and imparts others to spread the good stuff around.  Oprah states openly that to share what you’ve discovered is one of life’s greatest joys. 

So, in kind…   

Here are...