Middle Way Parenting

A colleague of mine, who has been practicing and teaching meditation for a long time, said to me, “Before I had kids I never knew how angry I could feel.”  Ahh, sigh. Our kids bring out the best and the worst in us at times.  And yet isn’t it sooo taboo to feel angry,...

Let’s Be Real

When I was in my 20’s I thought “being real” meant using the F word emphatically and doing the opposite of what the “mainstream” people did, whatever that might be at any given moment.  So I swore often and quickly turned left when I saw the popular culture turning...

Back From Summer Break

I had a sweet summer.  Did you? Picked and ate delicious cherry tomatoes in my garden each day. Juice dripping down my daughters chins. Watched a few amazing sunsets with my family. The pink clouds floating in the sky looked almost close enough to touch. Spent some...

Roads to you

Reading over insurance claims and medical bills, my breath becomes shallow as I review the compounding information of in-network, out-of-network, what they say I owe, and what I expected to owe.  My stomach ties in knots and my shoulders become like earrings, they are...