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Love and Loss
It can be excruciating to love so deeply. My daughter came into our room last night shaking from a scary and painful dream… She and I are living alone in a very happy place, and she is taken away and put into a prison cell of a room. Each day someone brings her food...
Home of the Free
Love is action! That's what my friend Jess taught me. So last week I put my money where my mouth is and woke up at the crack of dawn to drive downtown to witness one of my besties, getting sworn in to become a US Citizen. I assumed I would be witnessing a hundred...
It’s Good ‘To Be’ the Queen
Calm down! Don't worry! Just relax! How irritating and un-soothing these words can be; and how many times have I heard people (guilty as charged) say this to others when they are suffering? It’s not so easy, as you probably know - to calm the waters. The other day I...
There’s No Place Like Om
Have you ever had one single ripple effect every other ripple in your life? Like a domino that gently falls into a line of dominos, making a beautiful and unexpected mandala. A year ago I was driven by an unexplainable frenzy to get an infrared sauna; it just had to...
The End
When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it's over, I don't want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don't want to find myself sighing and...
A Wrinkle In Time…Aging
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? What does it mean to age gracefully? At what length will you go to try and look younger? Does botox mask and cut us off from our emotions? What is the cost of our youth obsessed culture? Is your body your...
The Hangover…Addiction
“Trying to reason with an addict is like trying to blow out a lightbulb.” ~ Anne Lamott Many magical traditions hold that you control a monster by speaking its name. Alcohol Drugs (Prescription and illicit) Cigarettes Sex Porn TV Gambling Shopping Sugar Food Caffeine...
Show Me The Money!
Money doesn’t grow on __. The love of money is the root of __. The rich get __. Save for a rainy __. It takes money to __. It’s just as easy to marry __. Money can’t buy __. What did you hear and see about it when you were growing up? What did your parents say to you...
Let’s Talk About Sex
What role does it play in your marriage? Can you take it or leave it? Are you the one who wants it more or the one wants it less? Is it what you imagined it to be? Would you rather be playing solitaire? Did you know that typically the person in the relationship with...
Fifty Shades of Marriage
What is a Marriage? Does it exist only between a husband and wife? Does gay marriage count? What do you do after the thrill is gone? It seems that marriage can be a lasting covenant between two people - a vehicle for the nurture and protection of each other,...