The Language of Emotions: Taking Control of Your Healing June 16, 2014 • 2 Comments This post is from a year ago. Perhaps longer. As much as I hate to admit my own limitations, I am exhausted and in a place where I need to step back a bit and figure out the future. Lately, I cannot find solace in my writing mind. There are just too many things floating around in there. The experience…
Joy and the Art of Surrender…in Travel and Life June 13, 2014 • 0 Comments I was on the road earlier this week, traveling to Colorado from California as the lucky recipient of a trip to meet an exquisite group of people who are in the business of doing their darndest to change the world, as well as to take part in a thought provoking leadership seminar. It was a magical few days, the kind…
Healing Cashew Milk & Chia Seed Pudding Recipes June 9, 2014 • 1 Comment The one marvelous thing about completing the juice cleanse is that I can return to my love of healthy cooking. I am not quite sure how I am going to integrate real food into my life just yet, other than it will be a slow and thoughtful process so I don’t erase the twenty-eight days of effort. I am Over…
The Super Juice Me Cleanse: Reflections on 28 Days of Juicing June 6, 2014 • 10 Comments I am incredibly happy to report that I completed the Super Juice Me cleanse. Twenty-eight days of juice, juice and more juice. In case you decide to embark on this kind of adventure, I thought I would share my experience, which was an interesting and worthwhile way to find out more about the inner workings of my body. I tend to…
Neuroplasticity: A Secret Super Power for Healing June 2, 2014 • 0 Comments I have a collection of indoor + outdoor plants that have traveled along with me from house to house during my last three moves. I am attached to them in an odd way that I haven’t yet been able to define. Perhaps because I had to let go of so much, I needed something to anchor me to a part…
Curating a Collection of Self Healing Practices May 30, 2014 • 0 Comments There is a lot of talk about gratitude these days and I am a big practitioner of bringing it into my life by keeping track of the things that give me pause, make me smile or fill me with a deep sense of reverence. I love this practice because it is a record of the beauty and goodness that I’d…
Healing Trauma and Restoring Balance After Chaos May 28, 2014 • 4 Comments There are days when I don’t want to get out of bed. The residue of the long, restless night seeps into the day and fills my cells with a resistance to facing what is before me. I long to feel normal again — although I’m not sure if there is such a thing anymore — and to know that my…
Conversation: A Sacred Vessel of Healing Exploration May 26, 2014 • 0 Comments I continue to cross paths with people who have been touched by suicide and the common denominator in all these encounters seems to be the unfortunate feeling of isolation, because no one in the family talks about it. The event is relegated to the “unmentionable topics” closet that all families, and cultures, seem to have, and left to fester in…
Reinventing Your Life After Loss: The Heartbeat of Devotion May 21, 2014 • 2 Comments One of the remarkable things I remember the most about those first few moments and days was my heart, as though it was pounding its way out of my chest. No amount of Xanax could slow it down. As revelations came to light about my life and shards of the facade fell away, it was my heartbeat that I could…
Dismantling the Construct of Shame May 19, 2014 • 0 Comments One of the most humiliating moments of my young life happened on the morning bus ride as we pulled into the parking lot of intermediate school. I was awkwardly sporting a brand new training bra and vacillating between being extremely proud, though I’ve no idea why since I had no breasts to speak of, and utterly terrified that someone might…