I was recently listening to Tara Brach, www.tarabrach.com  on a talk she was offering on pain and the body. Reminding her listeners that...

(Photo Credit Substack) A little help from our friends is what my husband and I offered a small, female sparrow in distress this past...

A life is comprised of endless chapters and seasons I am discovering. To be filled with curiosity, an openness and to understand that perhaps we are the ones placing the kibosh on those places, people and things we are desiring? This can occur when we’re living from within the ‘Ring of Fire.’ This ring can become a self protective mechanism that we have constructed, often not consciously, after a trauma, a crisis as a means of self protection. Not wanting to subject ourselves

Such a beautiful, energizing and most unexpected happening occurred recently. Five and a half years had passed since we had last seen one...

I was recently asked to write about the topic of adult alcoholic children and several of the questions revolved around the effects it has...

Where are we choosing to sit on our life train?   This metaphor was discussed on a radio talk show by Dr. Donna Dannenfelser, a psychotherapist, which Tosha Silver, wanted to share with us on her weekly forum call.    I am absolutely fascinated by the train metaphor that Dr. Donna, introduces and desire to share it here in case it may be new for anyone as it is for me. Also, a fun side note being that my father was a long time railroad man working for the Union Pacific Railro