Trauma Recovery Coach, Speaker, Consultant & Author
On this anniversary week of the 9/11 attacks, I’ve been thinking a lot about how it felt then to be an American, and how we’re feeling now. I remember acutely the day, of course, the immense shock and the dawning … Read more…
Happy Labor Day weekend! I hope you’re enjoying your holiday. This is a day I usually pen some philosophical thoughts on working, but today I’d like to ask for your help in my own work. As I’ve mentioned here, I’m … Read more…
Very early this 4th of July morning, I was walking in one of my favorite parks, around a small lake. Crossing a footbridge, I looked down and saw a mother duck leading her babies through open water into a stand … Read more…
Today the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the landmark healthcare bill, the Affordable Care Act. This decision removes any legal obstacles to implementation of the Act, although individual states can decide to decline federal funds and not expand their … Read more…
Life is full of transitions. We change schools, leave our parents’ home, form new families, move from job to job and place to place. There is a certain amount of stress inherent in every transition. In 1967, psychiatrists Thomas Holmes … Read more…
There are 260,000 graves in Arlington National Cemetery. This weekend each one of them has an American flag on its headstone, placed there by soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry. Today is Memorial Day, the day on which we traditionally … Read more…
Many years ago, when I first studied meditation, I was advised to increase my focus by gazing into the flame of a candle. As I became more adept at slipping quickly into a deeper state of consciousness, I stopped using … Read more…