I’m treating myself like a kindergartener, and IT’S WORKING. Thought I’d share my system of rewarding myself with sparkly heart stickers for daily, weekly, and monthly goals when I do things that make me happier and healthier. Hope this is as helpful for you as it is for me!
To the memory of my father, who didn’t believe in God but applauded for sunsets anyway: This morning I took the box of memories out of my heart, unpacked it and held the moments and years in my hands. They hurt a bit, but it would hurt more not to have them. Gradually I will […]
Ten years ago today. We watched Barack Obama’s first inauguration from my dad’s hospital room in Concord, MA. Nurn was a flaming liberal who seriously feared W. would refuse to hand over power. But there we were, watching history and hope on screen, knowing it was pretty clear that Nurn’s own history and hope were […]
Happy new year, my dears. You might remember me writing about my beloved and hard-won Rules for who and how I want to be in the world. But I’ve been feeling very overwhelmed by uncertainty for awhile now. I finally had to realize, and admit to myself, that what brought me this far is not […]
Yoga practice has changed as I’m aging. No longer “advancing,” just reclaiming the same flexibility over and over again. Which might seem frustrating. Except: I also wash the same dishes and clothes over and over so I won’t get sick from trying to keep using them. I brush the same teeth over and over. I […]
In honor of Veterans Day, I’d like to introduce you to my Papa and Nana, my mother’s parents, on their wedding day in the middle of WWII. Long after the war, Papa became a psychiatrist and his practice included supporting transgender clients with their transitions. This would have been in the 1980s and early 90s, […]
Time is doubling back on itself oddly in this place that echoes deeply for me, in this moment that echoes deeply for our country. Every summer of my childhood, the top floor of the middle cottage was ours for 2 glorious weeks. It was time out of the world, with no phone or TV or […]
Today as I fly across our country, I’m looking down and sending love to all the Marchers in all the streets of all the cities. And I’m sending gratitude, because without gun control laws, I would have lost a beloved family member. A few years back, someone I love got suicidally depressed. He started to […]
Tick tick tick tick. 2017 dwindles, 2018 approaches. Would you like to see my personal Rules for who I want to be in the year ahead? Like I said, I don’t do resolutions, but I do take a deep look at my Rules every six months or so. This time it ended up being more […]
I walked in these woods often as a child. These days, I visualize this as the world of my heart, where I rule as queen. Here at the center, I can see three truths that I try to carry with me into the outside world: One. Nothing and nobody can ever, EVER, come in here […]