When we’re in the midst of a difficult season, life can feel lonely, confusing, and overwhelming. These writings are meant to remind you that discomfort and suffering are part of the human experience—and that there is always hope. There are many pathways to meet your challenges with kindness, compassion, and understanding.
Listen to the Guided Meditation Recording Here Life gets hard. Things become uncomfortable. When that happens, it’s natural to want to turn away — to defend, resist, shut down, blame, or distract. Thinking Your Way Out of Discomfort It’s also common to try to think our way out of discomfort.We
Listen to the Beginning Again Recording Here I’ve Been Wondering . . . There is something about a new year—and maybe even more about turning 50 next month—that invites reflection. As I begin to transition into this new decade and look back on my forties, the one thing I feel
Listen to the Emotional Sobriety Recording Here Have you ever found yourself stuck in an interpersonal situation that you replay in your mind? You try to figure out what you could have said differently, how you should have handled it, or how you need to be for things to feel
Several months ago I was getting ready to leave on a trip to California for an annual meditation retreat. Before leaving I was sharing with someone that people don’t talk on the planes like they used to. There really isn’t even the conciliatory small talk; we put on our headphones,
Have you ever had one of those days or maybe a few weeks or a season where the energy of your life is caring for others either mentally, physically, emotionally or energetically. Or maybe you’ve reached a stage in your life where there is an absence of care or outward
We live in a culture that when life is uncomfortable we have a million things at our fingertips to distract us . . . food, work, children, the phone, online shopping, obligations, alcohol, etc. We subconsciously hope that by distracting ourself from uncomfortable feelings and sensations, it will help us.
A couple of times a week I head out to the woods for my hike. I do it for the exercise, but I equally make the trek out there to be quiet, watch the trees, sunlight, little animals and other surprises along the way. I almost never take my phone
The past couple of months I’ve been trying something new. I wake up and say to myself, “Today is a great day.” I received a phone call first thing in the morning from a loved one who asked, “what do I do today when I get sad and can’t hold
I was on my way to an appointment a few weeks ago and on the way there I received a phone call asking if I was still planning to come. I told the woman on the other line that I thought the appointment was at 12:45 which meant I would
This morning as I sit to write I appreciate these moments of quiet and notice a gentle peacefulness as I breathe and listen to soft music in the background. And in this same moment, I notice stirrings in my heart. I’ve been reflecting A LOT about life lately and a phrase that
