Yesterday we got my husband's treatment schedule, which will structure our lives for the next two months. The science and technology are...

Post #8 in the series "Reprocessing Chronic Pain" I hit a wall yesterday - physically, emotionally and energetically. The demands on my...

Post #7 in the series "Reprocessing Chronic Pain" I've made reference here to a family medical crisis that has been seriously challenging...

Post #6 in the series "Reprocessing Chronic Pain" It's been a roller-coaster of a week. At the most stressful moments, when my body...

Post #5 in the series "Reprocessing Chronic Pain" They say to expect setbacks on this healing path. Healing is not linear. I know this. I...

Post #4 in the series "Reprocessing Chronic Pain" I have now had two full weeks mostly pain free. I have felt it coming on several times...

Post #3 in the series "Reprocessing Chronic Pain" I'm almost afraid I could "jinx" it, but I am seeing real progress. For a week now I've...

Post #2 in the series "Reprocessing Chronic Pain" To figure out where you need to go, it can be helpful to understand where you've been....

Post #1 in the series "Reprocessing Chronic Pain" When I was in my 20s, recovering from a spinal surgery that had failed to relieve two...

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...