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Ah, summer. Summer is an interesting time — it’s about as cliched as the “holiday season” which can burden us with expectations. If you’re American, EVERYONE seems to be at the beach, or in Europe, or out West. And if you’re not sure about that, just head to your nearest social media portal. FOMO trigger […]

You Are In a Transition. Can You Name It? Transitions can be hard.  Some rites of passage, like marriage, come with a list of traditions that can help you process the event. Pick a venue, shop for rings, build a guest list, write your vows, send invitations, find a rabbi, priest, officiant? And that’s just

I’ve always believed “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” but that philosophy has really been tested over the last few years in the pandemic. Almost 15 million people have died, all survivors around the world felt loss, and children have felt more mental health distress than in memorable history. That doesn’t seem like strength .

Hello Friends, Thank you for the generous response after my last newsletter, which I sent just as my husband was preparing for a stretch of radiation treatments. Today I am happy to report he has completed his course of radiation and is on the other side. Tired, burnt, relieved, and exhaling. Between my own health

Ah, my friends. What a few months I’ve had. I know that I usually keep these newsletters for motivation — and this is no exception — but I feel like this time I need to disclose a bit of what’s going on with me. In my last newsletter, I shared that I had a CSF

By mid-December, I kinda thought 2021 had made her point, but apparently she had a big emphatic message for me at the end of the month. Backing up a bit — I had spinal surgery just before Thanksgiving. I had a microdiskectomy for a herniated disk. It’s a big deal, and somewhat routine, and I

A coworker recently asked, “What time DO you wake up in the morning?” I wake up between 5 and 6AM most days. It’s not willpower, it’s just math. I go to sleep between 9 and 10. My body needs 7-8 hours of sleep so I put it to sleep and it wakes up after it gets what it needs. I

  Fall has me feeling warm. Must be all those orange red leaves and pumpkins everywhere. And yet, as I’m enjoying this season, my head is swirling with bad habits I acquired during the Covid shut down. My head is saying Get back to the gym! Eat better! Call old friends! Write your newsletter…it’s two months

Are you hitting a wall right? Personally, I cringe every time I hear “delta variant”, with empathy for those who are in pain now because of it, plus the anticipatory stress of what might happen this fall. I was hoping we’d be in a better place by now. Our collective felt sense is deeply impacted