The overlooked skill we all need right now

by | Aug 30, 2021 | General

I’ve been thinking about something Krista Tippett said on her On Being podcast (episode on the pandemic’s impact on our nervous systems): “We need to take in what it has meant, this year, that we have become a danger to each other by virtue of our...

Resources for eating and coping right now

by | Apr 14, 2020 | General

I spotted this on my walk today: An excerpt from a poem by Rilke: Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. Seeing this made me want to write you. So many are struggling right now. Prolonged uncertainty, stress,...

It’s a “work mullet” kind of time.

by | Mar 23, 2020 | General

I laughed when my therapist friend Caley introduced me to the idea of a “work mullet” – business on the top and pajama pants on the bottom. That’s my way of telling you I’ve moved to all telehealth for the time being. I’m reaching out to everyone individually who’s...

Staying true to you

by | Jan 24, 2019 | General

I was browsing Phinney Books, picked up Gloria Steinem’s memoir My Life on the Road from the shelf and flipped to a random page. My eyes watered as I read this paragraph: I’m sitting next to a very old and elegant woman on a plane from Dallas to New York. Assuming...

Are you a dandelion or an orchid?

by | May 14, 2018 | General

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.  ~Maya Angelou   Are you a dandelion or an orchid? The dandelion can survive in just about any conditions. It doesn’t need...

4 Wishes for You This Year (+ personal news)

by | Jan 5, 2017 | General

If I could grant you 4 wishes this year, here’s what they would be: 1.  May you take in the good. You can thank our ancestors for your brain’s negativity bias. After all, their primary goal was to eat lunch, not be lunch. According to neuropsychologist Rick...