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June 25, 2010Your body carries a record of your past experiences, some deep and old and intense, but the past no longer...
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April 7, 2010How to identify healthy forms of emotional support and healers that are empowering rather than disempowering.
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April 2, 2010Archetypal wisdom on how women’s “falling apart” can open the doors to awakening.
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March 29, 2010On the paradox of finding wholeness and redemption in the fact that we make mistakes.
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March 5, 2010Periods of strain can erode your strength and test your faith in life, but there are ways to approach them...
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February 9, 2010The tribal-minded people, like orchids, wither here. The souls looking for sun and rain on the outside, for a hospitable...
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February 3, 2010There comes a time when the dark forces in your life step into the light, remove their masks, and reveal...
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December 26, 2009The ultimate goal of the spiritual path is to become lucid. Mindfulness meditation, the favored technique for beginners, is a...
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December 3, 2009What if some experiences that look like personal failures are actually markers of spiritual growth?
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November 6, 2009 I want to contact that which is real in others, but the meeting of minds never lasts. The souls who...
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The Path of the Waking Heart When one opens unconditionally to love, pain, and desire, an aching heart becomes a...
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Waking Heart is a collection of personal essays, articles, and videos about love, relationships, and emotion in the domain of...
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November 2, 2009Being in total darkness recently took on new meaning for me. Rock bottom is not necessarily a bad place to...
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October 30, 2009When weeks of grief and turmoil are broken by a neutral calm, the relief is welcome, but the journey is...
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You may have won many battles with depression. Why can’t you win the war? A new way to...
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Yesterday morning, I was on my way to spend time with a friend who was offering companionship during a time...
Written by an embodiment psychologist, Zen Buddhist, and single mother, "Waking Heart" is a diary of synchronicities, lessons both learned and forgotten, accidental awakenings, and the cultivation of love.