You’re running late and there was an accident on the bridge and traffic is delayed and you forgot your cellphone. All you can do is hunker down and get there as quickly as you can, right? Actually, wrong. You do not have the choice to turn back time, nor do you have the choice to magically teleport...
Say Yes to You for More You (May 5, 2012)
Looking for signs of life (April 28, 2012)
Claire came in down in the dumps and down on herself. "I give up. What's the point? No matter what I do I just get sabotaged." Claire had been working on dropping some winter weight, and had been eating better and getting more exercise. Before she could see any results, along came her brother...
Growing into more you (April 21, 2012)
When people come in my door they are often suffering, in some kind of pain or stuckness, and they are looking for help to feel better. What they may not know is, they are really looking to grow. The things that trouble us are invitations arising from deep within, asking us to deal with and resolve the...
The utility of futility (April 14, 2012)
If at first you don't succeed try again. Then try some more. Then if you don't succeed, try giving up. Some things in life are futile. The vulnerable truth of being human is we are not 100% in control of outcomes in our lives, and some things we cannot make happen. Even with our very best efforts there...
Committing to you (April 7, 2012)
Are you holding back? In this delicious painful vulnerable beautiful human journey, are you all the way in, or in by just a toe? Someone once said to me "I only want to commit to my life just enough to be ok. I am afraid if I show up and engage fully I'll lose my escape route." Fear of our...
Protected or connected (March 24, 2012)
"It seems like I carry a shield around me to protect me so I don't get hurt" she said. We were working on her struggle to open up and be close to people. As we paid attention to her moment to moment experience in her body it became clear that the same shield blocking her from being touched...
Hear the Sound of You (March 10, 2012)
Have you listened to yourself lately? I mean really listened... As we speak we have tonal qualities in our voices. This is called the "prosody" of the voice and it is what conveys the emotional meaning of what we are saying. In the brain our limbic systems are highly attuned to these sounds...
Cold Medicine (March 3, 2012)
Well I have caught the cold. You know, "the" cold - the one that's going around right now that hits like a hammer and puts you to bed for two days and keeps you down for two weeks until all you have left is a hacking cough for another two weeks... If there's anything that demonstrates how little...
The (Your Name) Whisperer (February 11, 2012)
Try this: Be the (your name) whisperer... Listen to the awareness that lives in the biological structure of who you are. Whisper to it. Welcome the discomfort that signals the truth of your human vulnerability. Open to it. Invite it forth. Soften into it. Open your heart to the wisdom and love that reside...
Credit where it's due (February 4, 2012)
At the gym last week (yes!) I was doing leg lifts in the Roman chair - a particularly unpleasant ab workout - and managed to squeeze 10 reps out before my muscles said stop. Dear Kelly (a saint for accompanying me at the ungodly hour of 6 am) kindly offered a tip on getting more out of the exercise....