How’s your retreat going? I once attended a silent 3 day Sufi retreat. Not speaking for 3 days in a row was enough to really scare me. What if I needed something and couldn’t ask for it? What if I got lonely and no one would talk to me? What if I got bored? What if I...

As I sat down this morning to write my weekly blog, I thought for a moment if there was something besides the pandemic to write about, but there really isn't. It’s all pervasive so I decided to look at the situation with some mental discipline and figure out how to...

It’s a musty time in the city, the country and all over the world. The air seems clogged up and stuffy, like there isn't enough oxygen to go around. There’s just so much going on that feels stuck, scary and next to impossible to maneuver. For starters, there’s the...

I try to be kind to myself when I’m dwelling on something emotional that I can't seem to chase away. You know the feeling, when you keep repeating something over and over in your brain, it keeps hurting you, and you can't make it stop. It’s like getting a tune stuck...

I’ve lived in my current home for more than a couple of decades and I’ve always voted at the same polling place that’s around the corner from my house. It feels familiar as I take the short drive there whenever there’s an election and I see the same volunteers and...