Trauma Recovery Coach, Speaker, Consultant & Author
This weekend Christians will celebrate Easter, while Jews are celebrating Passover. For many other people, this will simply be a lovely Spring weekend. Whatever you’re doing, I wish you joy. I believe that in every experience, there are levels of … Read more…
This year, for the first time since I was sixteen, I threw myself a birthday party. Now, just to put things in perspective, let me say that at my sixteenth birthday party, we danced in the high school gym to … Read more…
Today I have the honor of being the Featured Luminary on a website that highlights women who are shaping today’s spiritual thinking. It’s a lovely tribute, and they asked me to write an article on my spiritual beliefs, which you … Read more…
I woke up this morning and realized it’s February 29th. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew this was a Leap Year, but I was still a bit surprised to notice that unexpected date on my calendar. Should … Read more…
Many years ago, journalist Gail Sheehy wrote the book Passages, which identified predictable changes of direction people experience at certain ages of their lives. As I’ve passed through them, I’ve experienced many of these passages. Since I turned sixty, I … Read more…
Today is Groundhog Day, and apparently Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, portending six more weeks of winter. I don’t feel qualified to comment on that, since it has been 80 degrees this week here in Austin. However, I … Read more…
Today is World AIDS Day, commemorating the 34 million living people with AIDS, and the nearly 30 million who have died. The numbers are so big they’re hard to take in. But for me, as for so very many others … Read more…