“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown they prefer suffering that is familiar.” Thich Nhat Hanh I once had a therapist explain to me why I was drawn to a certain individual. This was a person with whom my interactions…

The world is upside down. We struggle every day to make sense of the happenings in the world. We reach, gasping for breath, hungry for hope. We reach, but many days come away empty. We feel at the mercy of events that spiral out of control — because we truly…

“Be loving and kind. Call everyone to your table of kindness.” ~Ma Jaya In a meditation not too long ago, I was trying to just stay open and not have an agenda, but secretly hoping I might feel some presence or connection with my father, who had recently passed on…

“The body is the most reliable truth meter.” ~ Adyashanti A while back, I found myself in tears during a yoga class. It was near the end, and as I tried to keep my face down as I rolled up my mat, I felt the teacher come and stand near…

Because I survived trauma, I often find it hard to sleep. Because I survived trauma, I double check all the windows and doors and lock them, even in the middle of the day, with two large dogs, just to take a shower. Because I survived trauma, I jump at sudden…

“Though we can’t always see it at the time, if we look upon events with some perspective, we see things always happen for our best interests. We are always being guided in a way better than we know ourselves.” ~ Swami Satchidananda When I was much younger, there was a…

FINDING THE BALANCE “Life is a balance between what we can control and what we cannot. I am learning to live between effort and surrender.” ~ Danielle Orner I have lived a while, and I’m wise in many ways, but being human means I struggle with finding balance every single…

“We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.” - Sharon Salzberg Courage. It is one of those words that has so many subjective meanings. Depending on your life circumstances, it can mean the bravery to face a military battle, or the bravery to face…