As the topic of what is or is not appropriate within civil discourse circulates the miasma of outrage that suffuses the Internet, I think on…
Wounded Entitlement
My clearest lesson on entitlement came from a coworker in an earlier career. We traveled together for a work trip, and as we prepared to get on…
Contemplating Heads
The Head A physical object, a symbol. Insofar as it relates to the body, the word “head” encompasses that extremity that generally sits at the…
Unknotting the Bindings of Toxic Guilt
To feel guilt about causing harm is a healthy and productive emotion that leads us into healthy, self-responsible relationships. Without guilt, we would have no…
Improve your sex life with this one weird trick
Initiated by women of color, “The #metoo Movement” has sparked collective self-reflection and accounting that continues to unfold new layers of complexity and discomfort. People,…
Cultivating Gratitude – A Meditation
The freshness and allure of a rainbow is, at least partly, due to their rarity. It’s a unique moment, one worthy of stopping to see…
Mourning the Life We Thought We Were Supposed to Have
As someone born in the earliest years of the Millennial generation with a lot of privilege, I’ve spent time mulling over the cultural message that…
Finding the Growing Edge
Recently a friend shared an article that I loved from Ta-Nehisi Coates, “A Quick Note on Getting Better at Difficult Things.” Coates discusses his experience…
Spinning in the Wheel
In Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, Sallie Nichols contemplated the tarot card The Wheel of Fortune in a way that has stayed with me for more…
We Are All Capable of Evil
In a previous job, my primary work was with people who had been arrested, incarcerated, were on probation or Corrections supervision, or had accepted mental…