Practices for Recovering Resilience
One Good Conversation
I recently read that Ralph Waldo Emerson apparently said, “I would walk one hundred miles in a snowstorm to have one good conversation.” So would I. Conversation is what connects, […]
Winding Down these Posts
Exactly one year ago, I was shepherding 17 clients toward the retirement of our work together July 1, 2022, and referring them to new therapists. At the same time closing […]
Change as Chosen, Change as Given
A recent discussion in my neurodharma group about change – how we understand-respond to-value-initiate-cope with the lack of – change in our lives, how we accept change as essential to […]
No More FOMO – Fear of Missing Out
I overheard myself tell a friend the other day, “I’m not busy, but I’m full.” More wisdom/truth there than I at first realized. I have worked very hard over a […]
Experience – Embody – Express
As I move into the wise elderhood of my retirement, I realize I am evolving from teaching about resilience through evoking experiences of resilience (which is always how I’ve taught […]
Deep Listening under All War and Catastrophe
Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a startling escalation of Russian ambitions to seize Ukrainian territory that began a decade before. Because […]
Listening through the Adversities
When people used to ask me how I could stand listening to people’s problems all day long, I always replied, quite truthfully, that I wasn’t actually listening to the problems. […]
Poetic Reflections on Retirement
The unfolding of my life has always been held and reflected in the deep wisdom of poetry. From John O’Donohue’s For a New Beginning when I first had an inkling […]
Awe Evokes Well-Being and Is a Catalyst for Transformation
Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your understanding of the world. Awe moves us to wander toward the mysteries and wonders of […]
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 […]