Your Authentic Life: I Am What I’m Hiding
I’m an innocent child holding my pacifier in one hand. In the other hand, I’m grasping an adult-sized black book — possibly titled “The Art of Hiding Parts of Myself?” ·When I was a child, I hid my deepest shame and fears —...
Your Authentic Life: My Rock Is Still Rolling
I'm the kid in the center of the photo, pushing our Volvo up the Bolivian Andes in 1960 - Absurd! Inspired by this week’s guest on my podcast, Nita Sweeney, I have shared recent moments of overwhelm in my own life. And...
“The Secrets Inside an Amish Community: One Woman’s Story of Survival” – My Interview With Misty Griffin
When Misty was six years old, her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were basically...
Mindful Self-Care: When My Life Spins Out of Control
Not At My Best This Morning This morning I woke up feeling like my life was in a tailspin. I won’t list all of the reasons why. Let me just say that I’m behind on just about...
Your Authentic Life: Taking Steps While Already Home
My Podcast Interview Today with Arno Michaelis This week I’ve been writing about the paradox underlying Thich Nhat Hanh’s message: Still taking steps and already home. I ended Wednesday’s blog with, “I wish to be...
“Continue Under All Circumstances. Don’t Be Tossed Away” – My Interview with Nita Sweeney
Nita described herself as a 49-year-old overweight woman suffering from crippling depression and bipolar disorder, when she caught the running bug....
Personal Transformation: What’s Wrong With Being in the Moment?
Here’s a tiny glimpse into my life in 1984: I have moved to Stamford CT with my two children, aged 8 and 12, and a just-married-to second husband. I finished my PhD coursework at the University of Illinois but have not...
Your Authentic Life: My Destiny’s Asleep in my Soul
August 26, 1943 – my dad on the left and my mom on the right – the day after their wedding, at the Newton, Kansas train depot, on their way to Paraguay, South America. Little did they know, on that day, what the map of their...
“If You Can’t Believe It, Then It Probably Won’t Happen” – My Interview With Cherie Kephart
Imagine you’re in your early 30s, you’re in a wheelchair, hallucinating, barely able to follow the doctor’s speech. It’s Friday. And he...
Your Authentic Life: Do You Ever Wonder How You Got To Where You Are Today?
Me in Paraguay I grew up on a leprosy station in Paraguay, South America. At twenty, I moved to the U.S., married, had two children and supported my husband in getting through school — and then divorced. ...