2 Keys to Enjoying People as They Are

2 Keys to Enjoying People as They Are

I spent my middle-school years in a tiny town in the northern part of South Africa in the early 1980s, and my very favorite memories from that time in my life involved going to the game parks. Game watching was serious business. We’d get up early in the morning with...
Journeying with My Internal GPS

Journeying with My Internal GPS

I just returned from a week in Egypt and the journey home was…challenging. To put it mildly. The experience reminded me about the power of choicefulness, how I can respond in the moment, and the way our nervous systems can adapt over time. Actually, from the...
The Messy Side of Healing

The Messy Side of Healing

I am all about the self-healing and self-loving journey. As a teenager, when my mother would pick me up from school in Los Angeles, she’d be listening to a call-in radio show where marriage and family therapist John Jolliffe helped people with their problems on his...

Navigating Needs and Triggers

My daughter graduates from high school in six weeks.Even as I type this sentence, I find myself pausing to let that sink in fully. Conflicted feelings flood my awareness: sadness, delight, loss, excitement, fear, and deep, deep love. It’s a complicated moment for...