You might remember Jill Bolte Taylor, whose 2008 presentation “My Stroke of Insight” (see below) was the first TED talk to go viral. At age 37, Dr. Taylor was a…
Months back, I signed up for an online meditation retreat, and it turned out to be just what my broken heart needed this past weekend. I felt overwhelming anguish about…
Intuition is a treasure trove of information offered by your body. Often, your body knows something before your mind can find concepts and words to express it. You can enhance…
Last month’s post explored self-compassion, a crucial element of the Action-Able Mindset for creating lasting change. In the video below, I share the two other essential components that set us…
Across the nation and political spectrum, the majority of Americans have suddenly turned to face our nation’s racist origins and become willing to see how its tentacles reach into the…
The shocking onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic crash has left us all reeling. We’re unable to imagine what might come next or how this will eventually be…
This holiday season, I invite you to reconsider your experience of home. Usually the idea of home points to a settled and comforting living space. Going home for the holidays…
Expand your usual gratitude list this Thanksgiving beyond the people and things you treasure to appreciate the simple sensory experiences that bring you comfort and joy. Relish your Thanksgiving meal…
I write to you today from my newly empty nest. Our youngest child started college a few weeks ago, and after 21 years of day-in-day-out parenting, now the house is…