The Sun Does Shine
It is the winter solstice when the sunlight begins its slow and steady return. Instead of each day getting shorter, each day gets a little bit longer. Like any incremental shift, it takes awhile before we notice the longer days
Winter is the Summer of the Soul
Words of Rudolf Steiner, “winter is the summer of the soul”, are excerpted from the Calendar of the Soul. I am grateful for Steiner’s insights, linking the natural world with the soul life of the human being. Today, I look
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Grateful for Little Things
Sometimes life gets tough and the big things feel unmanageable. How will I move forward? How can I reduce suffering? What will make this situation better? Those are hard questions with no easy answers.
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Putting the Pieces Back Together Again
I experience days where fear is front and center, driving my thoughts, feelings and actions. Not my best days, time and energy spent worrying is time and energy invested in what I do not want. Those closest to me might
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Guilt and Freedom
I think a lot about concepts like freedom. And obstacles to it. Like guilt. It’s in my nature to think a lot and I have enough experience with regret due to the repetition of unwanted behaviors to be motivated. In
10 Ways to Love More
When my daughter was young, she would ask questions at bedtime, hoping to postpone the lights out moment. One evening, this question came up: “Mommy, what is the saddest thing in your life?”.
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Book Reading and Signing at Chautauqua Institution
A dream come true! I am going to read from and sign my book, Unpacking Guilt, at Chautauqua Institution on Friday, July 19th at 12:15 at the Yale House. If you can, come down and visit this amazing community of
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Labels Limit Potential, Movement and Magic!
The problem with good, bad or spoiled children, is these labels are judgments that deny the innate capacity of the human being to learn, to grow and to change. Whenever we apply them to a young child, an evolving human
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Remembering Grandfather on Memorial Day
The kick-off to summer comes with picnics, a long weekend, and parades to honor soldiers who died fighting for our freedom. For me, it brings reminders of my Grandfather who died on Memorial Day, not long after the family picnic
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A Mother’s Story of Resiliency, Humor and Magic
The call of parenting is to be bigger, stronger, kinder and wiser than your child. That can feel like be a lot when you are sleep-deprived, struggling to balance work and family life, recalibrating your partnership, wishing you had more
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