Rarely, does life unfold exactly as we had imagined. Sometimes, life throws us curveballs so unimaginable that we can no longer find meaning and possibility. In 2004, I found myself in a hospital bed, paralyzed from the neck down and unable to speak because there was a ventilator helping me to breathe. This was not […]
Have you ever avoided taking part in something that you really wanted to do simply because you were afraid of what others would think? Words, thoughts and actions serve as vehicles to express who we truly are. When we consciously stop ourselves from saying what we feel or from carrying out our desired actions, we […]
When we are feeling sorry for ourselves or unmotivated, a simple shift of focus can change the way we interpret and experience life. We can put problems – both real and perceived – into perspective by reminding ourselves, and being grateful for, all that we already do have and all that we have accomplished along […]
At some point everybody has experienced hurt or betrayal at a level so profound that it left wounds. We can allow those wounds to heal or we can let them form scars. When we hold on to the things that hurt us, we prevent ourselves from fully experiencing the present and limit our prospects for […]
Experiencing an event or a situation for exactly what it is allows you to stay in the present. Attaching meaning to an event creates a story and can keep you feeling stuck in a thought or emotion. From childhood, a story begins to form based on things that were said to us by our parents, […]
Pema Chodron said, “Things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” Well, isn’t this the way […]