Category Archives: Holistic Therapy and Coaching
A Hole or a Door–Which Will You Choose?
Recently, this quote came to me at just the right moment. It’s been circulating on the internet for a while and I couldn’t find out whether it is correctly being attributed to Chief White Eagle from the Hopi Nation but … Continue reading
The Man and His Horse or The Power of Maybe
I have been thinking a lot lately about the story of the Man and His Horse. It’s a parable I came across long ago that reminds us of an essential truth about life that can be a great comfort. Let’s … Continue reading
There Are No Cracks
I’ve spent the last two years, during the worst year (and counting) ever for most people, moving multiple times, immigrating to a foreign country, enduring housing insecurity in that foreign country and an excruciating process of finding a permanent home … Continue reading
Whoa There! Steady On!
I know things are tough out there because I have had many more calls and emails than usual asking for help. Although we are in a new year and soon it will be spring, things are still feeling a … Continue reading
Be Like Your Dog: Play, Eat, Sleep, Repeat
I’m missing deadlines some weeks and months lately-like this column that I didn’t get finished in time for the new years. Many of us are tired for reasons that have nothing to do with being ill but facing our ‘surge … Continue reading
The Three Words Everyone Needs
Many of us are holding on by our fingernails at the end of this year so I wanted to offer you something simple that will help put the ground beneath your feet again anytime you feel wobbly or like the … Continue reading
This Is Why You Feel Awful
Ever heard of ‘surge capacity’? Surge capacity (coined by Ann Masten, PhD, a psychologist and professor of child development at the University of Minnesota) is a collection of adaptive systems — mental and physical — that humans draw on for … Continue reading
This Too Shall Pass
I heard a story recently about the fabled King Solomon. He had a boastful solider who announced that he could find anything that the King required, anywhere on earth. The King decided that the solider needed more humility so he … Continue reading
The Gifts of Vulnerability
Recently I heard a story that reminded me how important it is to allow yourself to be vulnerable. What?! That sounds like bad advice on the face of it and it IS important to know when to have proper boundaries. … Continue reading
What If We Stopped Calling Each Other ‘Stupid’?
One thing I have noticed people doing especially on social media is creating a lot of distance and disconnection by chronically referring to anyone that doesn’t believe as we do ‘stupid’. I have caught myself doing this too. ‘They’ are … Continue reading
