Who is ready for spring? I am! Spring to me means new energy, new growth, and fresh starts. Spring = Inspiration! (Former economist Martha needs to throw in equations from time to time.)...
"How do you feel now that the book is finished? You must be so relieved! Now you can relax!" Since I announced the release of Blooming into Mindfulness: How the Universe Used a Garden,...
What a whirlwind the past two weeks have been! To be honest, I'm pretty tuckered out from my mile-high to-do list after launching the print version of Blooming into Mindfulness on Amazon....
I'm writing this morning from Lake Placid, New York, where we're fitting in a couple of days of skiing between college visits with my 17-year-old son. Managing a book launch on the...
Drum roll please..... YES.....IT'S HERE!!!!!! Blooming into Mindfulness: How the Universe Used a Garden, Cancer, and Carpools to Teach Me That Calm Is the New Happy is live on...
Listen to this awesome meditation story. "How awesome can a meditation story possibly be?" you might ask. Well, listen up. So last Friday, as we were trying to finalize the design and...
This morning my coffee mug is my mindfulness mentor. A polish pottery piece, the mug is round—seemingly custom-made for my cupped hands—and decorated in a blue floral pattern. The lip...
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. ~ Natalie Goldberg The sun just rose on 2016. Never have I felt such intense anticipation at the...
Not exactly sure why, but I've been sort of sad, or at least down the past few days. Maybe it's because I haven't exercised enough the past week and it's affecting my brain chemistry....
I hadn't set out to write a rhyming title. It just happened. And when I asked if anybody would come with me to my first gun control rally in front of NRA headquarters on December 14th, the...
Reposting this piece, which I wrote just a few days after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It's been three long years since that terrible day, with...
For many of us, December offers little time for breathing room. I know that's the case for me. This past week was particularly packed as we prepared for a neighborhood holiday gathering at...