I’m Just a Blue-Eyed White Girl

I’m Just a Blue-Eyed White Girl

I’m White. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, I know whatever I say will not be enough or right or politically correct. If I say nothing, I’m complicit. If I say something, it may be perceived as too White bread or too nice or I’m speaking for POC, Person of Color, in a way I should not.

It Takes A Village… of Women

It Takes A Village… of Women

It Takes A Village… of Women It Takes a Village This is for all the mothers out there. I grew up in a neighborhood of mothers. Whether they were or not in the traditional sense, I don’t really know. I do know my friends and I were under their watchful eyes....
Here I Go, Crying Again

Here I Go, Crying Again

Here I Go, Crying Again If you ask me, I will tell you I am doing fine. For the most part, I’m productive, and my schedule hasn’t changed too, too much. I get outside as often as I can enjoying the smells of spring in full bloom. Mmm, wild honeysuckle on the vine....
Lesson #12: Social Distancing and Healing Touch

Lesson #12: Social Distancing and Healing Touch

Lesson #12: Social Distancing and Healing Touch It’s a beautiful, sunny, crisp spring-like day. Mostly we have the beach to ourselves.  On this day, a young man, who must be missing spring training, is standing behind a line he’s drawn in the sand. He is in the start...
Giving Myself Grace

Giving Myself Grace

Giving Myself Grace I’m in the in-between. I know. It sounds like an episode of Stranger Things and the Upside Down. It’s a phrase I often use with my psychotherapy and coaching clients. You’re in the in-between, I say, between something ending, the sadness and grief...
Lesson #11: Perspective

Lesson #11: Perspective

Lesson #11: Perspective It’s sunny but blustery on our walk today. I tilt my head down into the wind trying to stay warm. Penelope, on the other hand, tilts her head up, and lets her hair and ears blow back like a model in front of a wind machine. She moves into a...
It’s All In My Head

It’s All In My Head

It’s All In My Head Psychological Time I have a love/hate relationship with my electric toothbrush, shamed into getting one by my plaque-vigilant dental hygienist. There I am tilted so far back in the exam chair it feels like my bladder is in my stomach and...
Lesson #10: Shamelessly Asking for What You Want

Lesson #10: Shamelessly Asking for What You Want

Lesson #10: Shamelessly Asking for What You Want Penelope is a dog who allows. She allows people to pet her, accepting it graciously but mostly remaining indifferent.  A necessary part of being cute and cuddly,  I imagine she is thinking. There are times though,  when...
Truth Telling: The Power of Journaling

Truth Telling: The Power of Journaling

Truth Telling: The Power of Journaling The power of journaling lies in your ability to be honest with yourself.    I had the honor and privilege of teaching a journaling workshop to a group of very brave, courageous women last week.  For this particular group,  I...
Lesson #10: Shamelessly Asking for What You Want

Lesson #9: Healing The Spirit and The Limb

Come healing of the spirit, Come healing of the limb   Penelope and Me Lesson #9: Unconditional Love   ​You’ve probably been wondering where I’ve been.  If you read my latest blog on “Confessions from the Other Side…of 50,” you already know I broke my toe in...

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