On eating the strawberry
In one of my very favorite of her books, The Wisdom of No Escape, the American-born Buddhist teacher, Pema Chödrön, recounts a story that I’ve been finding myself returning to … Read more
Sunday Seekers
On staying in the hot seat
The early evening sun was just starting to dip behind the trees as we removed our shoes and rinsed our feet. We were a group of twelve or so strangers … Read more
On choosing expansion
In my work as a therapist, people often sit in front of me with a lot of very hard decisions to make. These decisions span every facet of life and … Read more
On standing on a whale, fishing for minnows
Cora had been working in her industry since she graduated almost two decades prior. She’d made a solid name for herself, accumulating plenty of accolades along with her ever-widening scope … Read more
On not being denied, but spared
Growing up, my mom realized quickly that she couldn’t tell me that something exciting was soon to happen because I’d be relentlessly nipping at her heels until the moment came. … Read more
On rituals in restless times
I’ve come to love Sunday mornings in this season of life. Maybe it’s obvious by the naming of this newsletter or how often I share snapshots of my Sunday morning … Read more
On letting life live you
A couple of years ago, I was in the midst of what felt like a crisis at work. As tends to happen in the perception of a crisis, things seemed … Read more
On making before managing
You may have noticed something in your handful of decades on this planet, which is that the to-do list never actually ends. Never. It’s incredible, really. The fact that you … Read more
On doing the dishes
I offer my patients a glass of water or a cup of tea or coffee when they come into my office, which means at the end of each session, between … Read more
On letting go of villains
Something interesting often happens when we leave a relationship or leave a job or otherwise make a choice in our lives to go in a particular direction. Choosing is never … Read more
On operating as if
There was a day many months ago when I was driving to see a group of people and feeling pretty low. I knew that mood was at least partly shaped … Read more
On the gratification of giving up
There was a fiasco of a trip once where I was traveling solo with two of my very young and overtired children, trying to make a 6:30am flight. The security … Read more