“Can you help me?” I asked my mother as I stood in the kitchen. I needed to eat but I wasn’t able to make myself a meal. In fact, I wasn’t able to do much at the time and didn’t understand what was happening to me as I felt like I wasn’t able to get […]
Adventures in Family Constellations Down Under
I was at a Family Constellations training in Australia in 2018. In case you’re not familiar with it, Family Constellations is a therapeutic approach that can help you address personal issues and problems by looking at the systemic dynamics and unresolved trauma in your family and ancestry. It is estimated that up to 90% of populations […]
Seeing the Goodness Around Us
One Christmas in the late 90s, I went to visit my sister who at the time lived in Phoenix, Arizona. Our whole family had flown there to celebrate the holidays together. We took a drive up to the Grand Canyon, stopping in Sedona along the way for a few days. It was a very scenic […]
The Greatest Gift You Can Give to Yourself
A few years ago, I was talking to a friend about a personal situation when she put her hand on mine and said, “I know that you’re very smart and you think a lot but just accept the mystery of life.” It wasn’t the first time words to that effect were spoken to me, words […]