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Let’s take these two phrases and look at them a bit differently. We use each in their own right, however, if we’re willing to let them flow together, there is a Read More

“Let’s get back to basics”—so often said with a touch of nostalgia. Yet, I want to use this phrase as a jumping off point for a different way of centering Your Read More

What is your motivation? This was an ongoing question we would all be asked as Drama Majors, while building our character’s back story. What’s the motivation for that line reading, that Read More

Let’s explore this difference when it comes to Our Selves. One is supportive, ongoing and lasting. The other has a superficial, even fleeting impact. Wouldn’t it be worth distinguishing between the two?—and Read More

I’ve taken a common enough question, “How do you feel?” and replaced the last word with fear for a reason. So often when we’re moving through a turning point in our Read More

Are You doing the “right act” in the “wrong arena”? This is a great question that a dear friend of mine asked me years ago, long before I was trafficking in Read More

Oh no! Not those! How often are we confronted with the practice—or lack thereof—of boundaries? The very word alone can stir up all kinds of emotions, thoughts, fears and regrets: moments missed Read More

Let’s consider a different way to weather a well-worn situation—a long standing pattern that doesn’t seem to budge, change, or heal. You know what I’m describing. We’ve all been there more Read More

How many times have you—have we all—made some comment that is dismissive, judgmental, shortsighted, incorrect, or even cruel? In those moments, we can be so sure of our “expertise” in Read More

Let’s dive a little more deeply into Listening with the Bodymind, shall we? I’m often asked how to tell the difference between our thoughts, fears, and worries ( what I call Read More

Let’s consider “martyrs”. We’ve all known them, and perhaps some of us have one or two of them in our life right now. Why the quotes? Because “martyrs” aren’t the real Read More

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this phrase lately —"you would think" that he, she or they would know better; behave differently; act accordingly; do what I Read More

Let’s begin with the definition of triage — to assign degrees of urgency to (wounded or ill patients). Triage is performed in a critical situation—one that involves life or death split second Read More

Let’s play with a paradox — “Get a grip" / "Let it Go". "Get a Grip"—Step back into reality, reel Your Self in, calm down. "Let it Go"—Drop your expectations, stop pushing Read More

My father used to have a great phrase: “Let them screw it up the way they want to!” I call on this mantra often. It reminds me that our agenda isn’t necessarily Read More

A couple of quick questions: Are you "shouldering" too much responsibility? Do you have a "heavy heart"? Does someone’s behavior make you “sick to your stomach”? Have you been “hot under the collar” due Read More