This is an intense time of year. Intensely great for some. Intensely lonely for others. However it’s showing up for you, the holiday season most definitely amplifies the challenging contours of our lives. Despite the fact that I like to think of myself as unique, I’m actually a cliche holiday emotional mess these days...
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Have you noticed how many people are too cool for God these days? It seems to be an epidemic. It’s become cool to be too cool for God. And if you’re not too cool for God and you express your faith, you are usually deemed one of several things – gullible, old-fashioned, or a...
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It’s easy to be selfish and self-centered when we’re sick. We are preoccupied with the discomforts of our bodies and often, our level of thoughts are reduced to “How can I get through the day?” and “Why is this happening?” It’s easy to adapt a myopic perspective when we don’t feel well. But consider...
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Lately, there are mornings when I wake up and I feel kinda okay – aware of various discomforts in my body, but more or less okay. There are also mornings lately when I wake up and I dread the 15 hours I need to be alive until I get to go to sleep again....
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106.8 hours. Or, if you prefer it in minutes, 6,408. Or, about 4 1/2 days straight with no food or pea breaks. That’s how long it takes to watch the entire series of Grey’s Anatomy, beginning with Season 1 Episode 1, and ending with the most recent, Season 7 Episode 22. (And just in...
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The opposite of fear is connection. When I’m afraid, I know it’s because I’ve lost my connection in that moment to what I like to call source, or the universe, or the divine matrix. Maybe you call it spirit, or God. But whatever you call it, when you’re plugged in to that connection, there...
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My mom used to read my blog posts. She’d read every one and call me gushing each morning when I published something new, telling me how talented I was. Each post seemed to be a revelation for her, sparking anew her awe for who I’ve become. She doesn’t read my posts anymore. I think...
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Juicing is a commitment. I mean damn, one green juice takes a good twenty minutes to make from start to finish! You take the veggies out of the fridge. You wash the veggies. You peel the veggies. You chop the veggies. You push the veggies into the juicer. You drink the juice. And you’re...
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The other day a woman unsubscribed from my blog, saying that she thought it was contradictory that I would write a book about healing MS and then talk about how I recently had a relapse. In fact, it’s just the opposite. For one, my relapse was kinda awesome, because it supported the theory I...
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My daughter is sitting at the kitchen table sorting her candy. Five lollipops in various shades of red. A Kit Kat bar with a red heart on the wrapper. Fun Dip, cherry-red of course. A big plastic heart filled with chocolate balls. And a box of those little heart-shaped hard candies with the messages...
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