Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella

My news and Facebook feeds are full of stories about how Eastern inspired techniques like Meditation, Yoga and/or Tai Chi can ease life’s stresses.  While this is useful information, I can recall one point in my overscheduled life when I felt my stress level increase...

Anticipation or Procrastination

​For months the refrain of ANTICIPATION from the Carly Simon song released in November 1971 has been running through my mind.  That song and its lyrics were so apt for the soon to be high school graduate who had her mind set on exploring her life outside of her family...

Making Sense of Disconnects In a Connected World

There’s a sun in every person – the you we call companion – Rumi My intention for a post before Thanksgiving was to focus on connections – our connection to our Self – each other – the natural world and the physical world.   I had picked...