Surviving your Dysfunctional Family Christmas

Surviving your Dysfunctional Family Christmas Do you have a family visit planned? Is your stomach tightening at the thought?  Here’s some survival tips that can help. Keep your expectations minimal – Have you been doing healing work, making great...

To Die for the Cause

To Die for the Cause Oh, what a mess our governmental and political world is, and many’s the normal citizen who is angry about it.  Whichever side of the aisle you identify with, there’s plenty to feel irritated, impatient, or even irate about! Why?...

Maybe It’s Not Your Pain

Maybe It’s Not Your Pain In 12 Step recovery communities, they say, “We compare our insides to other people’s outsides.”  Our insides are messy and often well-populated with fear, resentment, guilt, and doubt, while our own and other...

Stop Running from Your Demon

Stop Running from Your Demon We are exploring the benefits and the “how-to’s” of getting more in touch with our bodies and sensations. Previous installments available here. I’ve been promising a blog post on exactly how to get more fully in touch...