Recently, I was presenting at a conference. It was a conference of mostly folks who worked with ex-offenders coming from incarceration.the presentation was on vicarious (or secondary) trauma, and its relationship to self-care—and the importance of the latter to offset the former. I had a Power Point, I told some stories from my work, yadda, …
[Hey! Pssst! you reading this! Are you feeling overwhelmed or run down? did you know about my self-care group?PUTTING OURSELVES FIRST: CREATING SELF CARE An 4-week online offering starting April 2For class info, and to register, click here] I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Jen Pastiloff\’s workshop ON BEING HUMAN this weekend, …
The empath\’s backpack (or: whose shit are you carrying?) Read More »
eight years ago, long before this website was a remote idea, I wrote this on Facebook: we make \’resolutions\’, which imply something needs to be fixed. We need to do more of something, or less….have more of something, or less. A more loving thing we can do for ourselves in reflecting on the transition into …
The dictionary definition of an \’empath\’ describes it as chiefly a science fiction reference: \’a person with the paranormal ability to apprehend the mental or emotional state of another individual\’. (no, it\’s not simply being empathic.) I\’m not really a sci-fi person. But I\’d say, as an empath, that that definition is pretty spot-on. Some of the …
Being an Empath: the Good, the Bad, and the self-care Read More »
{dusting off the old blog….} Hi there! I am back. With a very personal story. so…..I went to the March for Our Lives last Saturday. I\’m fortunate to live 40 miles from Washington, and could go down for the day. I would have gone wherever I lived–there was a single person \”marching\” in Alaska!–but being …
it\’s been ages and ages since I\’ve posted here. For the past months, I\’ve had, well, not much to say. And also too much to say. And all of that nothingness and too-muchness swirling around my mind as the chaos of the situation in this country (well, the world, but especially here) unfolds and …
Tonight is a very auspicious time to blow the dust of this blog and post. Once again, we are in the Days of Awe, the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. And tonight, I saw Sharon Salzberg speak about her new book (and got my copy signed!) Last year at this time, I …
Another Rosh Hashanah, more Sharon Salzberg…Begin Again Read More »
(Amy and me, at another friend\’s wedding, 7 days before she died.) Tomorrow, it will be 17 years. I got the phone call from someone who didn\’t really know Amy, so when he was acting strange, and told me to sit, and told me \”Amy died\” (his voice breaking), I didn\’t have a clue …
In May of 2015, I was watching a video on Jennifer Pastiloff\’s page (as I often do). she had just had a LomiLomi treatment in LA from Kate Brenton. She was blown away, and as I watched Kate\’s sweet face I was already emailing her to set up an appointment for the following month, when …
