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January 15, 2011Last Saturday, in meditation, I merged with the heavy guilt seizing my body. Moving through the outer layers, I touched...
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November 24, 2010After looking very bleak just a week ago, things are quickly falling into place. I’ve been through this before numerous...
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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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May 7, 2010 A short story about the perpetuation of friendship in the face of grief and impermanence.
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April 11, 2010Apathy often has its roots in the odd, unexpected body memory of prior pain that is evoked by new love.
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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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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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January 30, 2010When peace and tranquility, bliss even, begins to fill most every moment, healing feels complete. These past few weeks, I’ve...
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January 24, 2010What happens when we treasure someone too much? A story of discovering the divine by crushing illusions.
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January 4, 2010How do we continue to love those from whom we are estranged? Should we remain open to those who move...
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December 23, 2009Can we use drugs to numb our emotional pain without losing our souls?
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December 22, 2009The function of compassion for those who feel cut off is to return them to the whole. This is not...
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December 17, 2009Among the most excruciating suffering one can endure is social death. Where does compassion fit in?
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In an era of waning social ties, sensitivity to rejection is common. An article in Psychology Today offers solutions.
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November 9, 2009Certain needs tend to evoke emotional responses that make the situation worse in a way that aggravates the need, which...
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Regular stories and reflections from my journey through this communal reality as I follow the path of the waking heart....
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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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Keep your heart open when you want to close it, and you will find that the heart needs no shielding.
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Americans report fewer close friends and confidants than they did years ago. For most people, their only close confidant is...
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.