Bessel van der Kolk is a pioneer in understanding how trauma impacts our well being and how to bring healing to the fractured places inside. His work began in the 70s, working with Vietnam veterans experiencing what came to be called PTSD. His … [Read more]
Softening our guilt
This week I watched a documentary, Feelings of Invisibility, about a remarkable artist, Anne K. Abbot, who was born with severe Cerebral Palsy. Anne's yearning to express and be herself deeply moved me. At one point in the film, she speaks about … [Read more]
Repairing rupture with ourselves
In When Food is Your Mother, I talk about how food can serve as a base of security and safety in our lives – especially if our relationships have not felt like places of secure holding or rest. Food can arise as a substitute, a place that attunes … [Read more]
The soul deepening of healing
This week I welcomed my teacher, Stephen Jenkinson, to Austin for The 2023 Nights of Grief and Mystery tour. Stephen's work about village making, being human, grief, death, and loving life has transformed me. With this show, and with the wrapping … [Read more]
The hungers that arise with holidays
This week is a holiday week for those of us in the United States. For those of you in other countries, you have your own ebb and flow of holidays - and some that may be coming up for you. Holidays can feel challenging for a couple reasons. Because … [Read more]
Food and fathers + the freer we all become
My dad, peace and blessings be upon him, and I shopping for food at the Westside Market in downtown Cleveland. Today is Father's Day where I live, and it may be a holiday where you live, too. You may be thinking of your father - whether of … [Read more]