You know you should do it. It would be good for you. You'd be happier. You'd feel better. But you don't do it. What the heck is going on?...

Don't ask "what's wrong with me?" Ask "what happened to me?" Exciting news - I've been accepted into Gabor Maté''s year-long professional...

When I need to come back to myself, I reach for the music that I know by heart. It quiets the stories running wild in my head. It calms...

In the past few months I have started, and abandoned, several blog posts. I felt like I'd left a story unfinished - with a rather abrupt...

When bad things happen, it's in our nature to resist. The mind reacts with fear and aversion: I don't want this, how can I fix this or...

In relationships, I've always been the one with the physical challenges. The pain, the fatigue, the long list of "I can'ts." I met my...

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...