As I’ve written before, I had never found someone with whom I was confident I could navigate ups and downs and lefts and rights and ins and outs of everyday life, before. Life, even when it is good ...

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My life has been a series of ups and downs lately. It feels like a roller coaster ride, and I just want to get off. But we can’t just get off, can we? Whatever the ride may bring—good or bad, pleasant ...

This script is intended for a facilitator to guide participants in a Yoga Nidra meditation practice. Yoga Nidra means “yogic sleep” and is a technique used to produce states of healing and ...

We have all heard of the commonly discussed trauma responses fight or flight. Freeze is yet another reaction we experience when our brain tells us we are in danger. But fawn doesn’t get as much ...

What is a narcissistic discard? Simply put, when you’ve served your purpose for a certain person, you’re discarded by them. That’s it. You had little interest to this person as a living, breathing ...

Many people I speak with have anxiety because they are trapped in their heads. I’d like to introduce a term here that I have not heard before (at least not in my field of medicine and psychology). I ...

“If I needed you, would you come to me, would you come to me to ease my pain? If you needed me, I would come to you, I would come to you to ease your pain.” ~ Townes Van Zandt This used to be one of ...

Many years ago, I was in a group of women for relationships advice. One leader in the group said, “I hate desperate people.” She was sharing this thought regarding someone she had received a message ...

I write about my human experience and specifically about life events that have brought me to the current path on which I tread. My new journey is deliberately designed to enable me to heal, reset, and ...

Like many of you, of us, Ram Dass’ words and videos have been a source of comfort, a guiding light, and a way to laugh at this human experience we’re all having. Here are two of my favorite quotes ...