“Loving kindness (metta), a traditional Buddhist concept, implies acting with compassion toward all sentient beings, with an awareness and appreciation of the natural world.” – Dalai Lama“If I am not Read more

T Take time for self care, so you could better handle everything that comes your way. When I first bring up the topic of self-care to my clients in individual sessions, groups, Read more

“Stinking thinking” is a collective nick-name to unhelpful thought patterns that result in negative feelings and energy drainIt happens at least once a month …well…ok, probably more than once:  I Read more

What makes you feel fully connected?I was sitting in a circle with about twenty five men and women in substance abuse and chemical dependency treatment.  “Spirituality,” I said while scanning Read more

After a particularly wonderful yoga class at the Washington Healing Arts Center, as I was feeling refreshed and renewed, I decided to ask my most amazing yoga teacher Elaine Blackmur, Read more

CREATIVITY as a SELF-HEALING TOOL    Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to work with many creative, imaginative and talented individuals.  I have found in my own life as well as Read more

In the last installment, we talked about the effects of gratitude.  This installment will address something much more basic and natural to all living creatures.  We all breathe and we Read more

  The subject of secrets came up in my office a few times this week. Seeing again and again how damaging secrets can be to an individual and hers or his Read more

Remember that saying – “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”?  Well, that’s still may be true for dogs, but when it comes to humans, science begs to differ. Read more