Love, gratitude and emotional tattoos “You were a healthy happy baby; you didn’t need anything." When my mother said this to me, the statement landed in my preadolescent subconscious mind like a well-sharpened pencil point on a blank page drawing a straight line from...

How to fall in love More than twenty years ago, my fiancé and I were in the middle of premarital couple’s therapy. I requested it because we had been struggling. Something felt off. I couldn’t name it. We were getting married in a couple of months. I wanted to fix the...

This is your world. Shape it or someone else will. I’ve got a magnet in my kitchen that says, “This is your world. Shape it or someone else will.” Each time I glance up at it an urgency races through me.  Determination, commitment to action, racing against time. That...

What are you saying 'no' to when a 'YES!' is in your heart? A couple months ago a friend of mine called to say she had decided to go to Provence for a writing retreat. I should come she said. One of her many lovable personality traits is the outrageous but endearing...

Do you experience doubt-induced paralysis? While the world undergoes unprecedented, agonizing growth and doubt about its future, where do you stand? While our own country’s band-aid has been ripped off, triggering a battle for our political, social, and spiritual...

Take a detour around fear 4 days into the year I am a bit skittish about whether this year will be the one where I actually complete the resolutions I promised myself would be done way before the end of last year. Most of my resolutions from last year are incomplete...