Musings

Sitting with others when they are in pain, when there is nothing to be done except give them love, can sometimes feel overwhelming.  I am getting a deeper understanding of the strength it takes to hold one's center and allow another to feel, and know their self...

I recently saw the post below on Facebook. It was written by Melanya Helene from www.thebrooklynbay.org. Her words are powerful, and speak to why I do this work. So much uncertainty… “Sometimes life gives us more uncertainty than we feel we can handle. It takes a lot...

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded; It is a covenant between equals. From "The Tatooed Heart" by Gregory Boyle

This, for me, is what therapy, and life, are all about. "Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment. Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something...

No, you must not hide your power Nor stuff it in a shell of smallness in some attempt at bland conformity; Must not succumb to thoughts that say To cloak your power would make you more like others, More acceptable, more lovable, Deserving of more care — That, to fit...

The journey toward our beauty is a magnificent struggle. Achieving an integrity between what we believe and how we live is a challenge worthy of the gift of life. A thousand obstacles stand between our selves and the honoring of our truth. ... A thousand distractions....