Blog: Healing Choices
This blog focuses on the small moments that make a good day into a bad day, or a terrible day into a gift of a day. It’s my belief that developing awareness in these small moments is the practice we need to be able to navigate all the ups and downs of life, from loss and grief to love, peace, and joy.
Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Day
I thought this blog would be a place where I would write about “tips and strategies to live a more peaceful life.” So far it’s mostly been about the crappy thoughts in my head and how I change them. Sigh. But that’s okay--because that's how to live a more peaceful...
What Do You Need To Unlearn?
Every September feels like New Year’s to me, I guess because I spent so many years in school. So right about now I’m thinking about what I want to learn. And even more importantly, what do I want to unlearn? What lousy piece of advice did I get way back then that...
Some Longings Just Don’t Go Away
Below are some of the longings I’ve heard over the years from my clients, along with some of the “buts:” • “I’ve always wanted to create beautiful things with my hands, but I have a great job. I’m a school teacher—the benefits are great and everyone tells me I’m...
Steak Sauce Is Not A Measure of Worth
My husband uses entirely too much steak sauce. When we used to have steak (especially the way we used to cook it—shoe leather is way too nice a description), he would pour a lake of A-1 on his plate. Every time he did this I would watch, unconsciously holding my...
When I Judge You, I’m Really Judging Me
A number of years ago, I was looking for a new project to do. I like to do things like knit and cross-stitch, but I wanted to try needlepoint. I looked online for a place close to me that specialized in needlepoint but didn’t find anything closer than the next state!...
Out of Control Thoughts
One day recently I rushed to an appointment feeling completely frazzled. As I locked my car and walked into my eye doctor’s building, I thought, why am I so stressed out? My next thought was: I didn’t have time to eat. As I sat in the waiting room, hungry, I decided...
When A Limiting Belief Puts Your Life on Hold
This is a story of a limiting belief that really held me back, although I was unaware of it at the time. After I got engaged in 1997, my twin sister and I had one of those late night conversations about many things. “I always thought I’d get married before...