Hello, dear friend, Over the darkest months of this past winter, I fell into a mental and physical hole so deep it seemed possibly bottomless. But even the Grand Canyon has a bottom (I hiked there once in my early 20s), and I am now, day by day, feeling better and better and better. While I […]
Hello, dearest one, That’s me at my 500th class of the Lagree method at my local studio, Scorch. 500. 500 times I suited up, got my ass to class, sweated and swore, and worked at my edge for 45 fiendish minutes. It never gets easier. The 500th class was just as hard as the first.
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Hello my friend, Here we are poised on the threshold of one year ending and the next beginning. In a few days, a dark new moon will accompany the darkest longest night of the year. Collectively, we’re in a long dark exhale, leaving What Was. But before we inhale, before we step into What’s Next,
Dear one, My goal for right now and the upcoming new year is simple: Get Un-Exhausted. I had a day a few weeks ago where I felt a feeling that was so strange and wondrous, at first I couldn’t name it. And then I could: Well. I felt WELL. Well, as in, I could maybe dance
What is the first — and the most important — relationship to repair, in a breakup, heartbreak, or divorce? I’ll cut straight to it: It’s your relationship with yourself. “If I am not good to myself,how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?” ~ Maya Angelou How we do one thing is how we
I’m not feeling particularly in control of things these days. How about you? So, a reminder seems in order. To hold on to (and put into practice) when the ground under our feet gets shifty. Here’s what I’ve learned (and keep relearning): There are really only two things in life we actually control: That’s it.And
Hello dear friend, I will be what you need me to be. Then you will love me. See me. Stay with me. Make me belong. This is The Arrangement to which I will devote my entire soul and self. But first, I must become a world-class detective for what you need. I will track your every mood and movement
A few years back, I realized that about three or four times an hour—maybe forty or fifty times in any given day—I was telling myself HURRY Hurry to finish my shower so I can dry my hair so I won’t be late for the interview. Hurry to make tea and get dressed and get kiddo’s lunch packed
Dear friend, She was standing in the security line at the airport, pulling her sneakers off with the resignation of someone who’d already endured a long day. Across her back, colorful letters on a soft gray tee-shirt read: Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about.Be kind. I pulled out my phone to get
Dear friend, Today I asked myself what in the world I have to offer you (that is good and true), that is worth reading (when you’re probably flooded), that is in line with what you rely on me for – which is (as I see it) perspectives and practices that can make a real difference
