Create a more compassionate relationship with yourself
This past weekend, like many have been doing around the world, I moved my clocks back. Now sunset comes an hour earlier, and the days are getting shorter and shorter. The earlier darkness brings up a desire to cocoon. By five pm, I'm done for the … [Read more]
One of the themes that we explore in our classes is softening perfectionism. Perfectionism comes up regularly in our healing journeys – particularly our healing journey with food. There's often a felt sense of, “If I can only get it right, and … [Read more]
Yesterday I was at my local Target, looking for a nightgown. Pajamas are my favorite clothes, and I took my time as I browsed the various robes and short sets. I walked past a clay colored camisole and stopped to rub my fingers over the fabric. Ah! … [Read more]
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]
Softening perfectionism is a theme that runs through all our classes. It's a common coping strategy - especially for those of us who are highly conscientious, heart centered and sensitive. (It's a strategy I personally know very … [Read more]
Here we find ourselves on the first day of a new year, and all that newness brings with her. For me, the new year often brings to mind this beloved poem by Lucille Clifton, one I first read in an Oprah magazine and kept tucked in my journal: i … [Read more]