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Why words matter when describing your emotions
Background Story (shared with permission) I run weekly meditation groups, both in-person and online. They always start with me asking...
Sep 3, 20233 min read


Finding the Vantage Point from my hospital bed
Last Tuesday night, after alternating between the Emergency Department waiting room and various rooms for blood tests, ECG’s and scans, I...
Jun 18, 20232 min read


Physically smiling in the face of stress
I’d heard the process of writing a book was a rollercoaster. I was warned. And then I wrote a book. There was no rollercoaster. At least,...
Jan 19, 20232 min read


How to increase your Emotional Intelligence
I read an interesting book last year, How Emotions Are Made , by Lisa Feldman Barrett. She made a savvy point about emotional...
Feb 2, 20223 min read


Two little souls
There’s a beautiful parable about two little souls having a conversation prior to ‘life on earth’. I first read it about 20 years ago and...
Jan 8, 20213 min read


No rain, no flowers
I just returned from spending a week aboard a catamaran, sailing around the Solomon Islands. My husband and I call it ‘work’. He was...
Oct 6, 20162 min read


Nothing is (ever) missing
For four years I really did think something was missing in my life. The concept consumed me and any free head-space I had was filled with...
Jul 27, 20163 min read


With gratitude...
Since sharing my reality in The Truth About Our Challenges , I’ve received a lot of comments from people surprised at my openness and...
Jul 13, 20163 min read


The truth about our challenges - and the gifts that they bring
In 2012 my husband and I agreed it was time to start a family. I was excited. Over the course of a year, I downed hundreds of pre-natal...
Jun 9, 20164 min read
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