Sometimes, the hardest thing for us to do is to utter one simple word, no. It is easy to feel obligated to say yes to things we’d rather turn down. It is easy to feel like we need to say yes to people who are close to us. Saying yes may seem like an easy […]
Good grief: An open invitation
Although we never look forward to grief, there is something of infinite value that we learn from it. It’s the wakeup call we need to fight the complacency of our lives. It’s the reminder we secretly crave that life is precious and cannot be postponed. But all too often, we don’t allow ourselves the […]
Lessons in empathy
Although this may seem off track for me, I was struck by a profound article I read in The New Atlantis on whether elephants have soul. The way elephants behaved with elephants, other animals, and humans was so responsive and heartfelt it actually gave me goosebumps. These were a few […]
The first steps to healing attachment wo...
As grownups, healing our deep-seated wounds is very similar to the process of an infant learning to walk. We come into healing through the back door, so to speak: by learning to trust in others, we learn to trust ourselves. I love this quote by Kierkegaard, which brings the process of finding one’s ground indelibly […]