Tonight at dusk, millions of Jewish people from all over the world will converge at their local synagogue to begin the most solemn religious day of the year: Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Most will have eaten a large meal in preparation for the…
Embracing Liminal Spaces
I have a new favorite word that captures midlife – liminal, as in a liminal space. It comes from the Latin word ‘limen’ which means threshold. So, the words “liminal space” refer psychologically to the threshold between what was and what will be. Liminal is a…
Lessons From the Narrows
I almost chickened out doing a bucket list adventure which was right within reach. No, it wasn’t skydiving or bungee jumping (those will never ever be on my list). It was hiking up a river in sometimes waist-high cold water, on uneven rocks and boulders,…
Embrace Connecting Not Impressing
I was driving my dog to her acupuncture appointment yesterday (can’t make that s#!t up), while listening to a summit talk entitled Mindfulness and Compassion in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression, when this line jumped out at me: “Think about connecting not impressing.” The…
Embracing the Sweet Spots
Embracing the Sweet Spots Yesterday something weird happened. I woke up to the lilting sound of birdsong and a brilliant sunshine streaming through the window and smiled (while still in bed!). When I opened the curtains, my smile broadened at the blooming flowers in the…
Embracing Each and Every Birthday
Embracing Each and Every Birthday The Many Gifts of Age This Thursday, March 3rd is my birthday. Yay! I will be 57. Yikes. That’s a biggish number. It’s entering the late 50s, with 60 in the not-so-distant horizon. It’s a number that, in my younger years,…
This Too Shall Pass… Even Covid
This Too Shall Pass Even Covid and … Helloooo lovely women in the middle. Welcome to a New Year! I’m not sure about you, but I’m finding it a bit challenging to connect with the “Happy New Year” chant, what with the raging pandemic and its…
The Gift of Presence…Even in Silence
Last week, a coaching client (I’ll call her Jill) and I were debriefing her experience at the meditation morning I facilitated a few days prior. Jill hadn’t meditated before, and wanted to learn a few “how tos” to jumpstart her meditation practice. To Jill’s surprise,…
The Story Behind A “Morning of Meditation”
There’s a reason why, on September 19th, I’m putting on a Morning of Meditation. It starts about seventeen years ago. Back then, my life was a “textbook” case for happiness. Every key checkbox of fulfillment was marked: Ph.D., successful career, caring friends, great health, lovely home, wonderful…
Embracing Your Heart’s Yearnings…. Before it’s too late
Four years ago, my now 20-year-old daughter Tara declared (not asked) that she was postponing college to do a GAP year in Europe. She intended to work as an au pair in France in order to speak French, expand her horizons and have a culturally…
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