How I’ve Been Shaking Out My Pain Since Losing My Daughter
“Movement has incredible healing power.” ~Alexandra Heather Foss My ten-year-old daughter, who had been ill for all her life, was dying. She was hooked up to tubes and monitors, and…
5 Signs You’re Making Life Harder Than It Needs To Be
Life can all of a sudden get busy and stressful. And in today’s world, our stress levels are higher than ever. But many people are actually making their lives much…
6 Life Lessons from Working with Children Facing Life-Threatening Illnesses
“There is beauty to be found in the pain. Life is brutal, but it’s also beautiful. Life is Brutiful.” ~Glennon Doyle For four years, I had the honor and privilege of working…
A People-Pleaser’s Guide to Reclaiming Your Life: 6 Ways to Say No
“Self-love, self-respect, self-worth: There’s a reason they all start with ‘self.’ You can’t find them in anyone else.” ~Unknown Have you ever found yourself stuck in the “yes” trap, even…
How Tonglen Practice Healed My Pain After Trauma
“Tonglen reverses the usual logic of avoiding suffering and seeking pleasure. In this process…we begin to feel love for both ourselves and others; we begin to take care of ourselves…
How I’ve Learned to Stop Running from Things That Scare Me
“The beautiful thing about fear is when you run to it, it runs away.” ~Robin Sharma At the age of eighteen, I started running. It was a rainy night, and…
