Vulnerability – a doorway to living fully

Vulnerability – a doorway to living fully

We get so many messages in our culture about looking good, doing it right, and having it together, that there is a tendency in our society to blame others, try to fix every flaw, act out of fear, and avoid pain.  We see it playing out in technicolor in the news these...
Hope Is Essential To Living

Hope Is Essential To Living

I was thinking the other day about what is one thing that we need most amidst the cultural increase of anger, uncertainty, and despair.  I thought of the essential nature of hope, and the lack of it in today’s cultural narratives.  The lyrics of this month’s song by...
The Real vs. The Ideal

The Real vs. The Ideal

There is always a gap between the life we’re living and the life we want to create.  It’s what inspires us to change, grow, and make New Year’s resolutions.  Did you know that 80% of New Year’s resolutions fall away by February?  How are the resolutions you made at...
The Wonder of the Season

The Wonder of the Season

One Christmas morning when I was a little girl, I woke up excited, ran downstairs and found the Christmas stockings empty.  I was devastated.  I ran back upstairs to my parent’s room and burst in crying that Santa had forgotten us.  In my mother’s sleepy state, she...
Embrace the ‘D’ word for better living

Embrace the ‘D’ word for better living

If your reaction to any mention of the dreaded ‘D’ word- death, is dismissal or denial, and if you want to stop reading and click out to something different, you’re in good company.  I had a near death experience in my teens, have a will and health directive, have...