Poems For These Times
Abiding in Being: Foundational to Resilience
One full month into retirement-Renaissance, now deep into long-postponed de-cluttering [see The Original Map of Resilience], pouring through ten binders of poems collected over 20 years of gatherings of my […]
It Really Was This Beautiful
I formally brought my career/calling as a psychotherapist/trainer to a poignant closure by teaching at the end of June at the Cape Cod Institute. And I formally celebrated the transition […]
For a New Beginning
Hold nothing back; learn to find ease in risk has been my favorite line from John O’Donohue’s poem For a New Beginning forever, and the poem itself (below) a resonant […]
The Resonance Today of Szymborska’s poem Hatred
The headlines are hard these days. Perhaps they are always hard, for someone somewhere. Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska, wrote the poem “Hatred” in 1993; she was awarded the Nobel Prize […]
No One Leaves Home Unless Home Is the Mouth of a Shark
Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine one month ago today. We all have had to come to terms with the suffering and devastation wrought by Vladimir Putin’s madness. (“Thug” was […]
What Schools Don’t Teach Black Boys in America Today
February 21, 2022 is President’s Day in the U.S., commemorating the men (so far) who have navigated this country’s struggle for equality and freedom. We know the paradoxes cut deep. […]
Finding Each Other – Poetry for Valentine’s Day
February 14 is Saint Valentine’s Day, a feast day in the early Christian Church since the 5th century A.D. to commemorate the death of the martyr Saint Valentine. The Feast […]
The Sacred in the Self
I originally wrote Bouncing Back to reconcile my own inner confusion about the value of so many practices of psychotherapy to strengthen a healthy, authentic sense of self, and the […]
Homage to Thich Nhat Hanh
Photo courtesy of Plum Village The venerable Buddhist teacher and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh died Saturday, January 22, 2022, in his homeland Vietnam at the age of 95. Here’s […]
Wisdom and Hope for the New Year – New Day’s Lyric from Amanda Gorman
Passing on to you this “extra” resource for recovering hope and resilience: a New Day’s Lyric from our beloved National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman. May you be inspired and […]