The Lasts….
The last words spoken. The last touch. The last meal shared. The last laugh. The last show watched. The lasts….moments and interactions that would otherwise [...]
Sudden Loss
Sudden loss. In an instant your world is forever changed. A knock on the door. A phone call. The words that will forever be etched [...]
To Compartmentalize
To compartmentalize is to separate something into smaller sections or categories in order to make it more manageable. When grieving, compartmentalizing can be a helpful [...]
Lessons From My Mom
Lesson One: Just Keep Going! On January 29th I will have lived as many days without my Mom as I did with her. This truth [...]
The Gift of Breath
The Gift of Breath Are you breathing into your feelings? This was the question my yoga instructor asked during class recently. Imagine if we took [...]
Practicing Gratitude
I was watching Hailey Bartholomew’s TED talk the other day and it got me thinking how grateful we might truly feel if only we could [...]
Self Love
Often when we think of love we think of romantic love. Romantic love is beautiful. Yet the most significant and profound love is self-love. Self-love [...]
Thoughts for a Compassionate New Year
I recently watched a TED Talk of Joan Hailfax discussing compassion. Joan is a Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver and [...]