As we approach the end of the calendar year, it's easy to review the past twelve months - to wonder how we've done, ponder the choices we've made, to asses the progress - or lack of it - and to hold our lives up for reflection. If there's … [Read more]
Softening the harsh agendas we hold for ourselves
We hold so many expectations, so many ideas, shoulds, wishes and hopes for ourselves. We hold onto these expectations for others, too. Here in the holidays, this is a time of year when all of those expectations can come rising - or roaring! - up … [Read more]
The Field and the Seeds
One of my passions is connecting the rivers of relational science (attachment theory and interpersonal neurobiology) and spirituality. I draw from both of these waters in my teaching and writing as I feel that they point to and arise … [Read more]
How grieving our ideals takes such good care of us
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]
The relief of letting go of what doesn’t work
These past few weeks I've been leading a group through the When Food is Your Mother class, where we're exploring how food can become a substitute 'mother,' a refuge of comfort, support or safety. Human relationships, families, and communities are … [Read more]
Praising the blossom and the seed
Yesterday I held a webinar for this year's When Food is Your Mother class, and I was struck by the ways that people are unfurling - blooming into the fullness of themselves. We all have ways that we've contracted, tucked our hearts deep inside to … [Read more]
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