PinnedPublished inILLUMINATIONBeating Back Burnout with Small Moments of GraceI love a good to-do list. There’s something satisfying about building it and feeling the optimism that all the entries on it might be…Jul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023
PinnedPickleball’s Net Effect on My LifePickleball got me through the pandemic.Feb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023
PinnedHope Springs in the Autumn of My LifeI manifested a man out of thin air. On a warm, early-summer breeze coming through my car window, to be exact.Jun 18, 2022Jun 18, 2022
PinnedPublished inHuman PartsHow I Changed My Outlook on SexAfter having had the same sexual partner for 30 years, I find myself at a crossroads.Jul 20, 2022Jul 20, 2022
I Welcome a Recession, and Here’s Why You Should, TooA plethora of economic pundits have predicted we’re headed for a recession. Whether it happens this year or next, despite the Federal…Nov 6, 2022Nov 6, 2022
When the Sense of Self Becomes a TrapPlanting a flag about who we are doesn’t help anyone see us better. And it may only serve to constrain us.Sep 20, 2022Sep 20, 2022
If the Parent Wound Can’t Be Healed, Then What?I wasn’t parented the way I needed to be. I didn’t know it at the time and, like all children, I thought my parents could do no wrong. A…Jan 11, 20221Jan 11, 20221
How I Stopped Achievement from Going to My HeadWhen I decide I’m going to do something, I almost always see it through. I’m the typical first-born — driven, conscientious and…Feb 10, 20211Feb 10, 20211
I was betrayed by my desires, not by my husbandDespite my husband’s dishonesty, the biggest lie was the one I told myself.Dec 30, 20202Dec 30, 20202
