How To Create Healthy Boundaries
Going home for the holidays can be a joyous time of sharing with friends and family. But it can also trigger old, unhealed wounds and rubber band you back to a former version… Continue reading
Going home for the holidays can be a joyous time of sharing with friends and family. But it can also trigger old, unhealed wounds and rubber band you back to a former version… Continue reading
I was lying in the dirt, my face pressed into the ground, bawling. Then it turned to lowing; you know, like a cow. One moment I was on the side of a boulder and the… Continue reading
Sometimes I climb mountains. This year I summited three peaks over fourteen thousand feet tall, and that was just one day! It’s always an epic adventure, one that requires extensive planning, detailed map reading… Continue reading
The Perfectionists I played soccer. Once. When I was four years old. At the end of the game I was crying—near hysterically—because I didn’t score a goal and we didn’t win the game. I hated… Continue reading
Before you get your hanky pankies up in a bunch and start spraying about saucha, hear me out. I have a little problem. One I’ve known about, but couldn’t get to the bottom of, until… Continue reading
Most of us live like we have 275 tabs simultaneously open on our mental browser. None of them are actually important, it’s just a frantic, agitated circle of being busy. It can be the consequences… Continue reading
I’m no expert on Buddhism. I’m not even a novice. In fact, the only practice I have that comes out of the tradition is one of today’s greatest buzzwords: Mindfulness. Mindfulness: Yes Mindfulness… Continue reading
Originally, this article was published in May of 2013. The topic, however, is so relevant that I wanted to update, revise and re-publish it. If you’ve read this before, you’ll find some new… Continue reading
Houses of Light As we approach the shortest and darkest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, we often long for the return of the light. Everywhere, houses are adorned with lights. Lights… Continue reading
Feathers The way common birds flit around and sing to each other always reminds me how we’re all connected. Sparrows and finches help me know I’m not alone. The birds of prey: hawks, eagles, falcons, feel… Continue reading