Jan 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
How to take breaks from media, messaging, and the digital world This morning, I woke up, put on my robe, climbed slowly down the stairs, had my vitamins, and put a pot of coffee on. I did the dishes from the night before, cleaned the kitchen, prepared a cup of java,...
Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
When you think of meditation what do you think of? * Is it someone sitting alone on a mountaintop with their eyes closed? * Is it a group of people sitting in a room on pillows saying, “Oooommm”? * Do the people meditating have robes on? * Are they bald or do they...
Jul 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Many people think of others before they think of themselves. That’s not a bad thing except when it leads to burnout, stress, and illness, which it often does. To really be there for others, we need to be there for ourselves first. I find that every day I need a...
Apr 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
My mom, dad, and I were all in a patient waiting room in Minneapolis. A small room in an area of the children’s hospital. I was cold, wearing nothing but a thin, paper hospital gown. It was the late 80s and I had turned 15 the day before. Half my head was shaved...
Jan 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Chronic pain has lived inside me every day and every year for the past 30 years. How it began and where it exists is less important than how I’ve lived with the affliction. Despite getting jumped by two different gangs, being born with a birth defect in one kidney,...
