Over and over again, in conversations with clients and in my own experience, I witness all manner of shame about bodies. It may be how...

In recent years I've done a deep dive into the research and clinical practices relating to trauma. I've begun a 3-year training in...

I can't count the number of times I have heard people say that compassion for others comes easily, naturally, but self-compassion is an...

At first glance you might say that self-care and self-compassion are one in the same, that it's compassion that leads you to practice...

Why am I so exhausted? I figured that if I'm asking myself this question every day, chances are you are too. The actual answer – if this...

Overwhelm. Overwhelm. Overwhelmed. Overwhelming. It's been A LOT lately, no? We are all in it. In fact, overwhelm doesn’t feel like a...

Today marks 20 years since we lost my father. He died very suddenly, from a massive heart attack. Other than high cholesterol, he had no...

Comparison is the evil twin of disappointment. I'm listening to the audio book of Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening. I keep rewinding...

dis·​ap·​point | \ ˌdis-ə-ˈpȯint \ disappointed; disappointing; disappoints Verb 1. to fail to meet the expectation or hope of; to...

I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill-health. There is no way to escape...

Part 3: Blame and Shame At the heart of our body battles – and indeed our internal suffering in general – are blame and shame. Though...

Part Two: Body Image, Fat Phobia, and Structures of Inequality In the last post I wrote about the costs of approaching health and healing...

This is the first of a multi-part series Part One: Illness and Pain The language that we use to talk about our relationships with our...

Just say "no" to the COVID food police. I entered “COVID weight gain” in Google and got 161,000,000 hits. Here’s what I learned. That...

No, I am not planning to read the book as my “quarantine project.” No one needs to do anything extra right now - anything more than what...

This is Ruby, who always reminds me to keep things in perspective. She and I rescued each other 6 1/2 years ago. She is thrilled that her...

If you could wave a magic wand and have one wish, what would it be? For me, it’s always been peace. Yes, sure a little extra cash would...

We live in a culture that teaches us, consciously and subconsciously, to equate fatness with death. No wonder we are afraid.

To the tune of "The Authority Song," John Mellencamp. My father used to say, “some lessons in life need to be learned more than once.” It...

My last blog post describes my new understanding of my relationship with my body – an understanding that had been there below the surface...