Gratitude Is Mental! (A Letter to Myself)

Gratitude requires stepping back to count your blessings.

Slow Burn

Relationships are like a box of chocolate, you never know what you’re gonna get. According to Hallmark, they’re like cheesy … More

Charging Your Energy with Crystals

You may have noticed that crystals in the form of bracelets, necklaces, tumbled stones, etc. making a rise in popularity. … More

On the Path to Healing: The Practice of Intimacy

I have been thinking about whether we humans can heal themelves for some 35 years now. In truth I’ve been … More

Video: Walking With Our Parents (A Tribute to the Survivors of Slavery)

  Walking With Our Ancestors is a collaborative film, created as a tribute to the survivors of slavery and to … More

Making Every Life Matter: How Gen Y Is Reinventing Mourning

  I’ve often wondered what happened to the American ritual of wearing a black armband when someone in the family … More

Atonement: the Future of Good Relationships

A recent training with twenty-five women at Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic for low-income women with cancer made me think about … More

Affording care: the politics of wellness

I’ve been thinking about what it takes for the average person to get care. I don’t even think this is … More

Manifesto of Pain: Winding Down a Season of Trauma

I was wondering why I had one outbreak after another for five weeks. I couldn’t seem to stop them. Every … More

Gleanings from a Shingles Bell-Jar

This week marks my fourth week battling Shingles. It is now officially a saga. What can I do now that … More