A few weeks ago I wrote about meeting a new friend, Eugena Maguire of Parenting Human Beings. Eugena is a Canada based social worker, parent coach, and former 'struggling foster parent' who created a podcast, Unpacking Depression, where she … [Read more]
Caring for the need to protect ourselves
I have a dear friend who spent the last year going in and out of the hospital, caring for complications from a major illness. His body was in such a stressed state that going to sleep was near impossible. So he'd watch movies and TV shows until … [Read more]
The hands that hold you – coming to rest
When the approach to our life is conceptual, then the emphasis is on behavior, on doing. Whereas when the approach is through…the heart, caring is a shift in the way you come to something; it is an opening…There are behaviors that will … [Read more]
The paradox of healing
In my last post, I talked about a common place in the healing journey, the place of, 'yes, but not yet' – when we can see our patterns but not necessarily change them. Today I want to talk about the key emotions that can arise in this space … [Read more]
The soil that holds your healing
When you've struggled with a coping strategy, like overeating, for a long time, and you've done a lot of inner work to try and help yourself, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by frustration, self attack, or despair, like 'nothing's changing.' But what … [Read more]
Allowing nourishment in
The first week of July is a scorcher of a month in Texas where I live. And yet this week has been unseasonably wet, drenching my garden with regular rain that offers an abundance of cucumbers, tomatillos, and tomatoes. I never was much of a … [Read more]
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