What do you really love, deep down? What do you wish for? What do you actually need? In today’s edition of “Living Joyfully,” I share some inspiration for the path that leads us back to who we truly are. (Click here for audio version) Inside of every gentle horse there is a wild horse, […]
Whimsical did not want to get into the horse trailer. She wasn’t scared of it, she had just made up her mind that she was not getting in. And weighing in at well over 900 pounds, she had the power to make her preferences obvious and formidable. Preferring cooperation over force, it took quite some […]
What if this breath is all you’ve got? This one you’re breathing now. Would you savor it? Taste its sweetness? What if this moment is all you’ve got? Could you see its beauty? Experience its preciousness? Take a nice, deep breath with me, will you? Inhale —– and exhale. Ahhh. Let’s step back a moment […]
This morning as I was doing the dishes I caught sight of something wriggly falling into the water. Ploonk! What was that? On closer inspection, it turned out to be a small, surprised scorpion who promptly drowned in the dishwater. After my initial reaction of, “dear god, what am I doing in this god-forsaken place?” […]
A friend of mine fell off her bike yesterday and broke her ankle. The funny thing is, before she left her house, she had the thought – twice – “don’t go.” But she was on her way to a meeting. She didn’t want to disappoint the people she was supposed to meet. And after all, […]
I’ve been fascinated by the idea that awe is an anti-inflammatory emotion. So many of our modern diseases (labels) involve inflammation – it’s easy to get caught up the world of interpersonal drama, high-rises, sub-divisions, cell-phones, road-rage, the nightly news (!) – and forget that there’s a larger world out there – nature – the […]
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced in my life involved dealing with one of my ex’s – a very difficult person. During our relationship. I had really let myself get jerked around by his anger, and his controlling ways. It took a lot for me to summon up the courage to stand up for […]
Relationships. The “final” and ever-evolving frontier. One person wants more space. The other wants more closeness. One feels easily crushed; the other seems insensitive and detached. At work it’s no better. A colleague praises your work to your face, then you find out he criticized you behind your back. Or, someone you’re relying on is […]
Our world is overheating. We face this difficulty both externally, in the form of global warming, urban sprawl, and armed conflict, and internally, in the form of stress, and the challenge of metabolizing difficult situations and processing the strong emotions they evoke. In the face of hostility and violence breaking out all over the world, […]
Do you sometimes lose sight of the “Big Picture?” Me too. So this week, I’m sharing some of my thoughts on how to get that feeling of purposefulness and centeredness back. As one of my favorite Yoga teachers, Peter Francyk, likes to say, the part of your mind that got you into this mess is […]
