Holding space for both positive and negative emotions while revisiting the beliefs behind them helps us make sense of a difficult year Today’s the first day of March 2021, causing many to pause and take stock of a year defined by loss, sacrifice and necessitated adaptation. As the anniversary of…

When an inanimate object becomes the object translating your affection, what is real and what is imagined? [edit: this article was originally written before COVID-19, but it connects strongly to the feelings many have experienced from virtual dating during the pandemic.] When I was very little, I remember thinking there…

I can’t help but consider the fact that my big love — and its love lost equivalent — dictated the trajectory of my entire adult life. And though I’m a big believer in free will, it’s difficult in retrospect to find a piece of my bigger story — my calling…

I remember the first time I really noticed the chasm. I was with my folks, visiting friends from out of town. Eager to catch up, I was particularly excited to chat with my dad. He is, after all, the best listener I know, and some career developments had put me…

In today’s world of disillusionment, sustaining a romantic spirit requires courage — but isn’t clearly defined The monologue at the start of “The Holiday” gives me chills. I have found almost everything written about love to be true. Shakespeare said, ‘journeys end in lovers meeting.’ Oh, what an extraordinary thought…

The Non-resolution Resolution for a New Decade: Simply Be When’s the last time you simply existed? Not in a meditative state, necessarily, but at a level of consciousness where you acknowledged that the act of being alive was not only sufficient but a goal in and of itself. It seems a bit misleading, calling existence a goal, when you…

Finding grace in an unexpected gift — a surgery recovery of body, mind and spirit Your ultrasound shows indicators that you have an ovarian torsion, the doctors said. We won’t be able to know with 100% certainty that this is the case without undergoing surgery, where we’ll remove the cysts…