There was a time when my mornings started the same way: Before my eyes had adjusted to the gray light filtering through the blinds, my thoughts were already filling with tomorrow’s obligations, each one quietly draining the small reserve of ease I had carried out of sleep. To cope, I would lie still beneath the … Read more

When the slump takes hold, my instinct is always to hide. I retreat to the familiar shelter of my couch, pulling the blanket to my chin, and reach for the remote. The glowing screen has a promise: here is relief without friction. Here is a place where you do not have to exist. So the … Read more

Do you have a friend or a loved one who’s going through a difficult time? Healing presence is your natural ability to help someone when they need it the most. You may say very little. You may do very little. Yet, you can make all the difference by holding a space where the other can … Read more