Role of Emotions in Healing

“You have given me the strength to carry on and find happiness and light.” Suzanne Cowper   Sometimes people ask me why I want to work with cancer survivors. They wonder why it [...]

Do you ever feel depleted by relationships that are draining? This can be a signal to notice whether you are maintaining healthy boundaries. When you hear the word boundaries, what comes up for [...]

The cancer experience almost invariably brings discomfort. From initial diagnosis through treatment and after, physical and emotional discomfort can be a side effect. I’ve been invited to present [...]

Is interrupting always rude? Raised in Texas to have good manners, I learned never to interrupt, to be a good listener and to make a lot of space for others. But having survived cancer and hit [...]

Having cancer is an intensely personal experience. As a woman in the JoyBoots Sanctuary Community recently said, confronting cancer has been “the most intimate and personal experience I’ve ever [...]

When I was in the middle of chemo, I looked in the mirror with great curiosity. Sometimes shocked. Sometimes incredulous. “This is me?” No hair, no eyebrows, deep pain and fatigue. But also [...]

The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain [...]

Learning to be ok in the present moment, a witness to your life experience, is one of the benefits of practicing yoga and meditation. When you bring your awareness to the present moment, you [...]

Hundreds of blood red spikes poke out of the white marble head and chest of a statue of a woman. This replica of a Roman statue, a “wounded amazon,” sits in a public art space on the street in [...]

Lydia confides that she feels sad and depressed most of the day, lacking energy to move forward on her goals for self care and to enjoy her life more.  On top of feeling depressed and fatigued, [...]