1. What if judging myself (and the ensuing shame spiral) is just another habit that is not currently serving me? Could I approach my...

It is entirely possible (if inadvisable) for me to eat a meal while careening down the freeway at 65 miles per hour and simultaneously...

Expressing ourselves through words or images or movement is not about “talent” or being “good enough” to be a professional

I’m in the middle of creating my MFA thesis right now. I say “creating” instead of “writing” because I haven’t gotten to the words to...

Sometimes on rainy, interminable, nearly-a-year-into-a-pandemic days I look around in a fog: What the heck should I be doing right now?...

“Not only did [Alexander Technique] … calm me down, but it … brought me back to myself … and less into anxiety brain of like, ‘you're...

There is an old fable. I’m not sure of its origins, though I’m sure one could find out with a little internet digging. It’s the plot of...

Last week I made myself sick. Well, me and some streptococcus bacteria. First I feared COVID. Egads. But one swab up my nose and one down...

Part 3: “Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.” I spent the better part of a recent Friday trying to get ahold of Oregon...

Part 2: Without No, there can be no Yes.

As we strive to change the world, is it selfish to work on ourselves? Or is it the only way?

Playing with arithmetic today, I figure I’ve taken over 200 walks in the last 13 weeks since I’ve been staying at home. Yesterday I baked...

My 95-year-old Grannie says she’s under house arrest. No, no, everyone assures her, she’s in protective custody. How are you doing in...

I propose we spend a few minutes every day taking some time to PAUSE. Taking some time to reorganize ourselves.

I thanked the word NO, for giving me this much-needed solitude.

Asking the right questions might be most life-affirming favor we can do for someone. Or for ourselves.

My ability to manage the HOW I do things is the difference between feeling steamrolled by my life and feeling like I can (just) manage it.

“If I’m not scared, I’m not doing enough,” Mary told me. This was her attitude toward life. She was a jazz singer I took lessons with...

Changing my position, giving myself, quite literally, a different perspective, tends to rattle something free in my brain.

What if we were to expand our idea of ourselves to include the WHOLE THING?