The V-Word

“The antidote to exhaustion isn’t rest. It’s wholeheartedness.”   –David Whyte, poet

I haven’t loved a movie as much as I did Hope Springsin quite a while. It was the sometimes painfully realistic portrayal of what happens in a marriage or any relationship when the people involved stop saying the hard things that need to be said. More painful still are the myriad of ways that people stop touching...

What you say and how you say it reveals more about you than you might expect.  Listen to Dr. James Pennebaker, a social psychologist and language expert describe his groundbreaking research in how the Secret Life of Pronounswe use, often without any thought provides insights into our feelings, our self concept and our likelihood of success in relationships. Our most functional language usage is a...

“If you tell a true story, you can’t be wrong.”   -Jack Kerouac

I would bet that for every couple that falls in love each day there are at least two couples who leave each other in deep and hurtful ways. Just this week, I was caring for one of my teenage daughter’s oldest friends whose boyfriend, who had been her friend since elementary school, broke up with her in a text that read“I just don’t...

“Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food” is the basis of Dr. Brian Clement and Dr. Anna Maria Gahns-Clement’s new book:  7 Keys to Lifelong Sexual Vitality.  Don’t miss this informative conversation about the deep impact that our diet has on our sexual vitality. Even small changes toward raw foods are instrumental in relieving common sexual health dysfunction for both men and women as...

“Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it.
But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” –Albert Einstein

Some days I deeply miss my old daily ritual positivity post. Back when my days always concluded with written reflection on the different ways of relating to my life positively, I...

I was a guest on a really cool radio show in San Francisco called an Organic Conversationwhen I first learned of the Let Love Out campaign. The designer of this universal symbol of love was being interviewed, also. He explained how he combined an interlocking heart with an infinity sign to create a symbol for all that is good within us and for all the good that we can do when we let it out. Carl...

Learning the art of practicing is all about embracing the process of becoming fully present in life.   By combining a commitment to disciplined repetition and an unquenchable curiosity we not only come to master the skills we desire, we develop a mind-set that brings more joy and contentment to even the most challenging obstacles.  Don’t miss Thomas Sterner, author of The Practicing Mindinspire...

"Stir" Janice Porter

“And in the end, the love we take is equal to the love we make…” -The Beatles

I have come to say good bye to my friend as she enters the hospice phase of her cancer journey. During the long 6 hour drive to get her, my memory of our meeting came back to me as though it was 20 days ago and not 20 years. She is an artist and most of my memories over the years with her are...