In a day and age when technology offers abundant options for indirect communication at the expense of personal contact, we set ourselves up for increasing opportunities for misunderstanding. We think one thing assuming the recipient can see into our very mind and know exactly what we're thinking. To the contrary, the other person is busy interpreting their own meaning of our words and actions… read more
I spent Memorial Day weekend musing by the ocean's shore, where I found the rhythmic patterns of the tide reflecting back to me a much-needed reminder. Like the ocean, our bodies and our capacity to create ebb and flow in a natural cadence that can't be scheduled, try as we might. I'd cobbled together the trip last month, feeling the ocean's magnetic pull after barely… read more
At one time or another, we’ve all likely experienced something painful that we would prefer to forget for the feelings of hurt, anger or sadness that still are easily invoked by the memory. It’s human nature to want to forget such events, to block them out of our minds or at least to ignore them. What if we were to face them head on instead… read more
