Nurture a compassionate relationship with food and yourself
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]
Last night in our community Soul Circle webinar we explored the vulnerability of resting. My mentor, Dr. Neufeld, said "all growth comes from a state of rest." There's much we can unpack about this statement, for there are many levels of rest. One … [Read more]
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]
In the Growing Humankindness community, a woman described a 'ping' - that feeling she gets when she feels something light up inside. Her whole being whispers, "Pay attention." Ah, yes! I imagine we all have those moments - those dawnings of … [Read more]
Many of you know that depression is something that I've carried, and cared for, for most of my life. While the seeds of the depression were already there - I can look back and see the sadness that was arising in middle school, especially after a … [Read more]
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]