Tune Out and Tune In

I have two pears sitting on my counter. Seeing fruit outside the fridge, in a bowl, a plant near a window, a photo from a trip hung near the piano – these are all signs that things are going to be ok. They are connections to life that exists beyond these four walls – whether

Claiming Your Space

“…we all have a right to claim to be who we are and not just what we do but why we do it.”

My 2017 Cleanse

It’s not anal. It’s mental. (I think I may have just identified what I want written on my tombstone.) Anyhoo – Something happened almost immediately after the US election on November 8th last year – I stopped turning to cnn.com. Or watching the news, referring to newspapers or even worse, political Facebook posts. I didn’t

My Eyes Are Up Here (Thank you very much)

I have had a bad habit when I meet someone and I am hoping to break it this year. Often times, when I first see someone or meet somebody, my eyes divert to the finger on their hand closest to their pinky – you know the one, the “ring” finger. I’ll even check the right

Day 1

We are so ready to confine ourselves to the thoughts that provide guardrails to what we think we can do and who we can be that we often have to experience something profound to challenge these notions.