In 1968 I was a senior at a Catholic high school for girls. I was also exploring what it meant to be a girl, including my sexuality. ...

One afternoon about three weeks ago I received a call from Bob, the master carpenter who helped to build our house fourteen years ago who...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the largest of its kind in Europe since World War II. It is an unprovoked war of choice, like the...

Hear Yourself How to Find Peace in a Noisy World by Prem Rawat is a resource for people who want to experience self-knowledge in these...

Last July, over a space of about a week, our seventeen year old cat, Natalie, went blind. Her veterinarian said the blindness was the...

Do you ever awaken in the night afraid? Every human life has its’ share of dread. We all fear sickness, financial ruin, the loss of loved...

If you are one of the lucky people who was able to work from home for the past fifteen months you are now likely to find yourself called...

Many of us have experienced the time between the November 3rd election and today as borderline traumatic. Against the background of a...

It's hard to believe it sometimes, but we will get through this time of forced solitude. It's certain. The pandemic, like all other...

My inventory of internalized racism continues. I admit I’d like to put it all aside and focus on something easier to contemplate such...

Seeing the life go out of George Floyd's face while a white policeman, hand in his pocket, knelt nonchalantly on his neck, was a wake up...

Don’t Miss out on Spring T. S. Eliot wrote, "April is the cruelest month" because spring reminded him of loss and grief. This year...

by Kathryn Patrick, LCSW, Guest Contributor I am pleased to post this contribution from my colleague Kathryn Patrick, a LBC certified DBT...

For this blog I have been determined to focus on the light—on that which is loving, hopeful and positive, because I’ve felt that was what...

with thanks to Kathryn Patrick for some of these ideas Yes, the pandemic is causing untold suffering around the world. Sickness and...

When so many of the activities that provide us livelihood, connections with others and entertainment are not available due to social...

While practicing physical distancing due to the virus there are things we can do to help the experience be less stressful. If you find...

How it is This is the beauty of it No matter how hard I try I can’t stop longing can’t stop loving you can’t stop begging No matter how...

Bosque del Apache We call it Groundhog Day, Candlemas if we're Catholic or Imbolc if we're Druids. The festival begins on February 1 and...

What I Learned from Elephants The second morning I was in the Okavango Delta of Botswana I awoke before dawn to my tent shaking somewhat...