Practices for Recovering Resilience
Stumbling and Bumbling into Curiosity
In reviewing many recent mind maps to reassure myself that my decision to retire had been a wise one, and for the right reasons, I noticed how many times I […]
Retirement Emeritus Style
When I officially retired July 1, 2022, there was so much poignancy – transitioning clients I had worked with for years and knew so well to new resources and resonant […]
Heroes – Ordinary and Extraordinary – Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
A direct, belated, pass-through from Heather Cox Richardson, honoring the heroism of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the capacity for “ordinary” heroism in all of us: You hear sometimes, now that […]
Intra-Connection Moment by Moment by Moment
You can watch for yourself Tara Brach’s wonderful conversation with Dan Siegel about intra-connection. Dan is careful to distinguish between INTER-connection (ties between separate, differentiated entities) and INTRA-connection (the innate […]
If I Had Known…I Would Have….
[Note: These Resources for Recovering Resilience will now post weekly in 2023, on Thursdays; always archived on my website.] If I had known to post the poems below to mark […]
A Wise Blessing for the New Year
This year’s new year’s blessing comes from Larry Robinson, a wonderful poet and stalwart supporter of other poets. His poem holds the many contractions and heartaches of our world with […]
Mid-Winter Sustenance
I wrote this poem as I was on the brink of launching my first website, almost 20 years ago! Celebrating the deep friendships sustaining me then; that continue to sustain […]
A Winter Solstice Prayer
A friend sent me the full quote of Albert Camus’s well-known …in the midst of winter I found there was within me an invincible summer…” I looked it up in […]
Reflections on the Ripening of Retirement
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. – Rumi The life you live is the lesson you […]
Brene Brown and Chris Germer Explore Fierce Compassion – and Enemies Near and Far
I’ve known and treasured Chris Germer personally and professionally for a full decade. Chris is the co-developer of the Mindful Self-Compassion protocol, now taught to more than 200,000 people world-wide. […]