Sunday Seekers

Each of us holds things in life that we simply cannot imagine losing. A marriage. Our professional identity. A physical or mental ability. Our reputation. A sense of a specific … Read more

Serena had been at the company for almost nine years, and her rise had more than once been called “meteoric.” From day one, she appeared to be on the fast … Read more

Most mornings, I try to take a walk and listen to a meditation or dharma talk on the Libby app. On particularly cold or wet mornings, I’ll opt for the … Read more

There’s a story often told in Zen teaching that I shared with my You School class not long ago. It’s one of my favorites because it gets right at the … Read more

Shortly after my grandmother died, I sat on the faded cream couch of my own therapist with a sense of equanimity that felt fresh and enlivening.  In the years leading … Read more

A while back, my ex-husband sent me what I perceived as a nasty text message . To be fair, we’d had a pretty tense exchange earlier that day when I … Read more

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

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

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

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

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