Shifting Perspective on Happiness Sometimes life feels impossibly hard. Do you look around and wonder why everyone else has it together when you feel somehow behind? It’s no wonder when we are bombarded with messages about how we should look. think, and act. We are raised to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and protect
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August 24, 2023
July 24, 2023
SUMMER READING GUIDE
Summer Reading Guide for Letting Go Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to let go. Whether it’s a relationship, a job, or even a negative thought pattern, holding on to painful things can cause us to needlessly suffer. Following are some of my favorite books offering different perspectives on how to let go of
June 19, 2023
PLANT MEDICINE: GET OUT OF YOUR MIND
Plant Medicine: Get Out of your Mind We were raised to believe that alternatives to traditional (Western) ways of thinking were harmful or bad. Many of us grew up with the awareness that our “troublesome” behaviors were a result of something we were doing wrong. Western doctors used medications in an attempt to reduce or
May 30, 2023
FINDING JOY AMIDST PAIN
Finding Joy Amidst Pain – Embracing the Full Spectrum of the Human Experience I am painfully aware at this moment. Something is off and I can’t put my finger on it. All I know is that I am sad and I’m not sure why. But it doesn’t really matter. There’s nothing I can “do” that
May 1, 2023
HOW TO LIVE WITH CHANGE
How to Live with Change One of the greatest contradictions in life is that change is a constant. The Buddha teaches what has a beginning also has an ending. That’s true in our minds and bodies, in nature, in society – in every single way. While transitions are an inevitable part of life, we often
March 28, 2023
HOW TO PRACTICE NON-ATTACHMENT
Practice Non-Attachment with Buddhist Psychotherapy Standing at the top of a mountain on a windy cornice, my brain (ego) thinks of the steep slope, deep powder and tight bump turns I’ll need to ski to get to the bottom. My brain is taking inventory and using it to craft a story about what lies ahead.
February 27, 2023
WHAT TO DO IN TIMES OF DISTRESS
Life can become a narrow tunnel in times of distress when we zip ourselves up into our minds. It happens every day, we align with our ego, rather than our heart, which causes undue suffering. Whether it’s someone we dislike or an unpleasant event, when we believe the story that our mind is telling us
January 30, 2023
WHEN SUFFERING BECOMES A PROBLEM
You know that person who leaves you with a feeling of being better? They walk into the room and you instantly feel a sense of calm. I am what I choose to hold onto. I am. Then there’s the person who is driving a little too fast behind you honking his horn. How do you
July 28, 2022
HOW TO FEEL YOUR FEELINGS
In a rush to do things we often overthink the necessity of just that – doing something. We wouldn’t be human if our egos didn’t cause us to grapple with understanding once in a while. Until we move towards awareness of the feelings in our bodies, we tend to focus more on understanding our place
June 27, 2022
GETTING UNSTUCK IN THREE STEPS
Rummaging through things in the attic, you come across an unmarked box. Opening it, the scent of baby shampoo lifts into the air. You are transported to a simpler time when motherhood was manageable. Or was it? Tears fill your eyes and anxiety your stomach. It’s a familiar sense of helplessness – motherhood. In a
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