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When Asking “Why” Isn’t Helping–A Follow-Up Post
Last week, I looked at the tendency I see after people experience loss, trauma, or illness to try to understand why the painful event happened. In the first post, I explored the reasons that we do...
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Surrendering
This post has two inspirations. The first is blogger and metastatic cancer warrior Lori Marx-Rubiner (@regrounding). During the #BCSM breast cancer tweetchat on October 15th, Lori shared her own...
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Mid-Week Balance: 31 October 2012
Today is an odd juxtaposition for me. The carefree silliness of Halloween seems at odd with the loss and suffering that many are coping with in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. So, I put together a...
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Try to Locate Simple Joy
I don’t know about you, but I am feeling overwhelmed this week. Here in the midwest, I was not directly affected by Hurricane Sandy, but I do have family and friends throughout the east coast. I am...
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A Moment of Peace
I don’t know about you, but I am feeling a bit worn down. While I am safe and warm (and so grateful) I’m worried for those facing cold temperatures without electricity or heat–or homes. While I am...
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When We Slip–Compassion for the Process
I’ve been doing something that I don’t normally do today–I’ve been staring at the screen. I haven’t been able to focus on my writing or my to-do list. This isn’t just about today–I’ve been off my...
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Mid-Week Balance: 28 November 2012
Hello there–happy Wednesday. I hope that the last week included some times and spaces that were peaceful or joyful. That you got to enjoy family, or food, or shopping, or hibernating–whatever felt...
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Holiday Self-Care Series: Could Your Holiday Traditions Use a Re-Model?
Welcome back to my holiday self-care series. This is the second post of four, and if you missed last week’s post about offering yourself some compassion for holiday choices, you can find it right...
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Holiday Self-Care Series: Time to Play
Yes, you’re right, I did say that this was going to be a four-part series. But then I noticed my blog reader stream, and my Tweet stream, and my Facebook stream. They all seem to be filled with...
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Mid-Week Balance: 2 January 2013
Welcome to a new year of the mid-week balance round-up. This feature may be changing as the year (and my work) evolves. But for this week, I’m coming off of a media break, so we’re going to stick...
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Walking the Walk
Hi all. I hope that you are having a wonderful Friday. I am–mostly. But I’m bushed today. We’re having an unseasonably warm day, and I need to take a walk to let my body remember how good moving...
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Self-Care When You Feel Lousy
I don’t know about you, but my house has felt like a plague camp the past week or so. Fevers, stomach upset, you name it. My best friend is my canister of Lysol wipes. As of this writing, I have...
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Self-Care 101: When Things Aren’t Perfect
If you look closely at a tree you’ll notice it’s knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.–Matthew Fox If you are a regular...
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Mid-Week Balance: 27 February 2013
Hi all. This week’s MWB roundup comes to you after Kansas City got slammed with back-to-back storms. Down in my part of town, we got close to two feet. Not quite a Northeastern blizzard, but a lot...
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Mid-Week Balance: 6 March 2013
Hi all–it’s so nice to be back with you regularly! I missed this during the craziness of February. And you’ll be able to tell that I missed it, because I have a super-sized collection of posts for...
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Coping with Illness: We are More Alike than Different
Author’s Note: This post is a revised version of one that originally posted at the Strangely Diabetic blog. I have been thinking a lot recently about why I built the kind of practice that I did, and...
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Mid-Week Balance: 13 March 2013
Hi folks. We have made it two full weeks without a blizzard (not without snow, but without a blizzard) and that is pretty exciting for me at the moment! That just goes to show that it doesn’t take...
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There is No Rewind Button for Life
I have been hearing a theme in my sessions the past few weeks. And I think it might be a theme that sounds familiar to you. This is a theme that comes up any time I am helping someone explore a...
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Self-Care 101: Do One Healthy Thing
Do one healthy thing. This is not a new topic for me. I have written about it in other ways, on other days. But I keep hearing the theme–in sessions, in online discussions, with friends and...
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Hi There Mr. Elephant–Let’s Talk about Health Stigma & Privilege
Part 1 of a 3-part series on health stigma and healthy privilege. This post has been kicking around in my head for nearly a month now, the product of conversations with clients, chats with friends, and...
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