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At the diner, i close my eyes to bring mindfulness to my food and I find that I am thinking, instead, about the man at the next table. He is facing me, staring either at me, or over my shoulder. [...]

I wake with these words floating before me: I feel so alone. How odd, I think, I don’t feel alone. What does this message mean – and who is it for? Mom? Dad? My husband, still asleep? One of my [...]

There is great wisdom in my hot flashes. Like a nagging spouse: my hot flashes remind me that I have had too much caffeine. my hot flashes remind me when I feel trapped. my hot flashes remind me [...]

In 45 minutes, I will go on the radio to talk about mindfulness. It’s not the best time to be composing a blog post – on the other hand, it’s the perfect time. Because, you [...]

My back door keeps blowing open at 4:00 in the morning. I know what time it is because I sleep, often, in the living room – my bedroom is adjacent to my husband’s home office and he [...]

This morning I cut the sleeves off of the black shearling coat that my mother’s friend Joyce gave to me five years ago. I have wanted to cut off the sleeves for more than four years. They [...]

Here is the simplest and most effective visioning tool I’ve ever worked with. I invented it myself, capitalizing on my (compulsive) need to make lists on every available piece of paper. The [...]

Today, I am sad about my mom. I am missing her, even though she is there, just over the bridge – in her apartment, wishing I would visit. To be honest, I’ve been avoiding visiting [...]

This is the second time that I am writing this post. Moments ago, I composed it fully, pressed publish and then, like a sand painting, it dissolved when the WiFi at the café where I’m working [...]

Today, in the bathtub at 4:45 am, I thought: I don’t want to write that way anymore. I don’t want to write in the preachy, teachy style that I adopt when I think I am supposed to be [...]