Nov 16, 2016 | Mindfulness
Click the arrow to play this practice. To download, click post-election-mindfulness-practice. Then right click and select, ‘Download Video.’ This is not a prayer. This is not a mantra. This is not a meditation to evoke hope or calm. Instead,...
Aug 5, 2016 | Embodiment, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
“Just look at her and she’ll bruise.” That’s what my mother used to say about my level of sensitivity. And yes, it is true. I am extremely sensitive. My feelings get hurt easily. Criticism, especially for something I care about and have worked...
Jul 20, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth
Six weeks have passed since I’ve been in touch. This is the longest I have gone since starting the blog 3 years ago without posting. After the Orlando shootings in June, I thought let me give it another week. More space. And then turmoil and tragedy takes place...
Jun 1, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Poems
Noise. Do you recognize it? Can you see it clearly for what it is? I am not interested in fighting for anyone’s attention. I am not interested in shouting displays or loud proclamations, even if positive. Let me retreat into the silence of empty space. Then act...
May 19, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
In less than two weeks, Memorial Day will be here to kick-off the vacation season. You may have vacation plans you secured months ago or scramble to get some sort of good enough get-away happen for you, your friends, and family. But there is a question that begs to be...
Apr 19, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
A few weeks ago I led two Burnout Prevention workshops for a group of female physicians and researchers. Having worked in the medical field and a teaching hospital myself (I also graduated from the Medical College of Georgia where I briefly dated a med student who...
