My Gutted Interview With Allie Stark: Reclaiming Intuition September 27, 2017 • 1 Comment My intuition has become my trusted life compass. Where I once lived in dread and suspicion of those inner messages, I now live to hear them. I am fortunate in that I often encounter human beings who actively curate their intuition. It reminds me that this is a superpower we all contain. I adore these people and every time I…
Delicious Gluten-Free Muffins: Carrot Banana Muffins Recipe July 6, 2015 • 0 Comments As a rule, both unfortunate and challenging, I don’t eat traditional bread or pasta. This was a difficult dietary transition and I would call myself more of a reluctant gluten-avoider than gluten-free. I avoid these things because I don’t feel all that well when I eat them, but I do eyeball fabulous looking pastries and muffins every now and again…
Forgiveness And Suicide Loss With Ana Holub July 4, 2015 • 0 Comments This edition of The Healing Project Interviews proves that I am an incredibly lucky human being. Author, peace ambassador and educator Ana Holub recently contacted me to discuss forgiveness as it relates to suicide loss. Our interview could have gone on indefinitely, but during our 68 minutes together, we discussed the idea that the conversation surrounding suicide loss is thankfully (and finally) happening, and that…
Effects of Antidepressants: A Personal Account of the Grim Underbelly June 26, 2015 • 8 Comments “Depression is not a single emotion, but a constellation of emotions, postures, decisions and health issues that erect what I call the brilliant stop sign of the soul.” –Karla McClaren I wrote about my choice not to take antidepressants long term. I used them briefly as a life raft to float through the move out of our family home, a…
Coping with Loss: A Reinterpretation of Father’s Day June 22, 2015 • 0 Comments As far as holidays go, Father’s Day presents a certain kind of challenge. Living in this culture of mass marketed and manufactured “celebration” days, it is somewhat hard to escape. Don’t get me wrong — I adore holidays and the way they create a space for expressing sentiments that should really be expressed on a daily basis. I just don’t…
Thoughts on Graduation and Regrets of the Dying June 15, 2015 • 1 Comment This is a reprise, in honor of the graduation season. Hard to believe it was two years ago that my son graduated high school, and four years ago for my daughter. My how time flies when we aren’t looking. This past Friday, my son graduated from high school, which is a milestone in and of itself, but under the circumstances,…
Thoughts On Moving, Craigslist and Good Character June 12, 2015 • 0 Comments I am in the process of moving (again.) If you have had the pleasure of making a move from one house to another, particularly in quick succession, then you are familiar with the joy I am referring too. Until five years ago, I was a stay-put kind of person who lived for long stretches in one place. Now I am…
Go Where The Love Is: Following Your Heart June 5, 2015 • 2 Comments Over the weekend I had the wonderful fortune to see the movie, The Way Way Back. It’s quirky and if you enjoy a good story, a good laugh and a good cry – it is all of that in just under two hours. I highly recommend it. Plus, it features this cool song by Edie Brickell that should be everyone’s…
Intuitive Healing: Trust and Surrender June 1, 2015 • 6 Comments I want to share something odd with you. I don’t think you will mind, since I have already made myself quite naked here. About a month after the life changing summer, I was out for a walk. I am a walker — it is one of the ways I solve my problems, foot to earth, step by step. It is…
Using Life Hacks and Hope For Optimal Healing May 29, 2015 • 0 Comments I don’t know if you’ve noticed the trend of life hacks in articles and blogs lately. We are a society in search of experiential maximization and short cuts for sleep, weight loss, productivity, working out and brain power, just to name a few. While I appreciate the gist of the hacker way of thinking, I don’t think everything in life necessarily lends…