Foster a change of heart
Today I'm driving to Houston with my eldest son to help him get his next pair of ice skates for his joy and passion - figure skating. Competitive figure skating is a whole new world to me, and learning about this world - like the fact that you may … [Read more]
This is a picture of a tree that I came across on a hike in the Georgia woods earlier this spring. Rather than growing upwards, towards the sun, it grew across the forest, horizontally, bending itself across a hiking path to reach more sunshine. … [Read more]
Friends, I just finished teaching a class on using compassion to eat less sugar, and it was so moving! One of the themes that came up for many people was softening patterns of overdoing, and creating more spaces of rest and ease. Without … [Read more]
This week I received a question about self compassion - in particular, about how we can be kind to ourselves when succeeding at something really matters and we aren't able to meet our own expectations. It's a great question! I've received … [Read more]
One of the beliefs that tends to go hand in hand with compulsive habits is some sense of, “I should've handled this better.” On some level, we blame ourselves for our bad habits, for our painful or dysfunctional coping strategies. We can also … [Read more]
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor Frankl It can be frustrating when we find ourselves stuck in painful habits - where we … [Read more]