She was adorable, delightful and all of, maybe, 5’2” with her practical and airline approved navy blue high heel shoes. Her smile was...

Lift. Release. Practice. Accept. Turn. Trust. Forgive. Start Again. I just want to paint! My ego wants to create spectacular, beautiful...

“The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and...

I needed a break from my own mind, a mental palate cleanse, if you will. Like sorbet eaten between courses of a meal to clean the greases...

I can’t pass the torch you’re so eager to carry This fire burns fervent, dear child. In untamed hands it consumes and destroys Too fierce...

Next week I’ll celebrate one of those birthdays that seem to declare on greeting cards, medical forms that lump you into a certain...

In the aftermath of a tragedy or event that shakes us to our core, we often say we experience a “roller-coaster of emotions.” But perhaps...

Deception has been around since the beginning of time. In the biblical narrative, in the book of Genesis, it says…”When the woman saw...

It was a sad day and a day that turned into a day of fretting for a young mother whose little girl was away all day at kindergarten. Why?...

Introduction…I am a Social Dominant Enneagram type 7. End of introduction. I’m staring at a blank page having just had a conversation...

(The Enneagram is a model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of 9 interconnected personality...

"You mean your mother. Your mother’s turning 90. You said grandmother. I said my grandmother because I meant grandmother. And it’s 95....

You live with a running 'to do' list whether it's in a carefully curated daily planner, on a random piece of paper grabbed out of the...

I should have accomplished so much more by this time in my life. I should be able to fit into the jeans I wore in college. I should have...

Don’t get me wrong…I love nature and exercise but I like it to be fun…like frisbee or tennis or anything that isn’t torture! I do like...

Let’s talk about cocooning. “Mmmmm - I’m going to close all the curtains and put on some smooth jazz, make a cup of hot cocoa and wrap...

Let me assure you before I go any further that I am in no way mocking anyone with an eating disorder. That said…. I used to go to church....

Was I lost in thought…planning for all the important tasks that I think are mine? Did I reach for the stars and lose my footing on solid...

Somewhere around 1999, a year or so after we had married, my husband I took a road trip to North Carolina, a few hours drive from...

No one gives a damn about the enneagram. There, I said it. But you know there's more to this abrupt statement so hang with me. Don't stop...