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Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky...

“Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...

Yes, I saw and read some of the political news yesterday. I am politically independent - still I have plenty of thoughts about what path...

“Imbalanced systems, whether internal or external, will tend to polarize.” ― Richard C. Schwartz, Internal Family Systems Therapy “Parts...

Contempt is the sulfuric acid of love . Dr. John Gottman, relationship expert “How did this happen?  I just don’t understand.” That’s...

There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us. Father Gregory Boyle When a system is far from equilibrium small islands of  coherence in...

Between stimulus and response there's a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...

"Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat, "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...

For each event, use mindfulness, a sense of common humanity, and kindness to process the event in a self-compassionate way. Dr. Kristin...

“The practice of spirituality is a way of looking at a world where you're not alone.” — Rick Rubin, author of The Creative Act: A Way of...

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa An acquaintance’s obituary was published...

“Mythology is to relate found truth to the living of a life.” ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work...

Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by choices....

Let our New Year’s resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. —...

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” —Frances Hodgson Burnett, novelist and playwright Think...

“May you always know you have my hand to hold.” — JJ Heller When my granddaughters were young, they delighted in having their meals...

The cultivation of compassion is really a process of recovery – of retrieving an inherent capacity that has become, either in the moment...

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Epicurus Unless there is some time for being together psychologically -...

“The meaning of life is to find your gift...." Pablo Picasso A couple of days ago, we shared one strength with each other in our...

Family pathology rolls from generation to generation like a fire in the woods taking down everything in its path until one person, in one...