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March 26, 2011What does it mean to be the vast, singular awareness while simultaneously living in a physical body? In innumerable physical...
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February 25, 2011Yesterday I went to the emergency room where I was diagnosed with my third or fourth kidney infection in two...
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February 21, 2011During the last few weeks, my life seemed impossible. I was grumpy and sour. If life is equal to capacity...
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January 7, 2011When my path became most tumultuous, I had the most comically bizarre dream of my life.
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August 13, 2010I found a book in an old box that made me realize what the last three years of my life...
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May 26, 2010The deepest healing occurs when we open to the possibility that our perspective can change.
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May 17, 2010Amid memories of disappointing a former love, a prayer for a more beautiful face is answered in minutes.
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May 4, 2010The notion of psychic boundaries reminds me of the boy who lived his life in a bubble. Protection is lovely,...
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April 30, 2010Is your heart heavy today? I could feel its weight just as the clouds began to fill the sky. A...
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February 5, 2010Last night, I was awake all night, while sleeping, enjoying another one of those full nights resting in clear, lucid,...
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January 22, 2010An encounter with Buddhist fundamentalism reminds me to look for the hidden teaching in every moment.
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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 14, 2009There are times when we truly need far more than others can give. People help with the tools they have...
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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...
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.