On any one day after reading the news, the only feeling I have is helplessness. Is that even a feeling? It feels like a combination of despair and frustration. And really, I think we all totally understand why helplessness and even depression are on the rise. The problem seems to me, we just don’t know […]
I would love to feel grateful all the time. Who wouldn’t? The truth is – I don’t. That is me being honest, although part of me wants to defend myself so you will understand, and yet another part of me does not even want to admit to failing to appreciate all I have. But, this […]
At the end of each calendar year, I choose a word that symbolizes what I want to call in for the next year. It’s a sort of New Year’s resolution practice I adopted a few years ago. Similar to a vision board, I write my word large in the center, and then around it everything […]
Yes, that’s how many steps I took when this September and October, I left my family and animals behind to walk the Camino in France and Spain. The reason I decided to go was not really clear. As a matter of fact, I was all but convinced I had made a mistake and really needed […]
I remember thinking ‘just one,’ I will just eat one. I was halfway through a second tin of cookies when I realized I could not stop. I was so scared. At the time I had a very high-profile job and my only fear was, ‘What would everyone think if I got fat?’ I had recently […]