The sky is gray and I feel myself slipping back down the slope a little. I have spent too much money this month and I lie awake at night worrying about it. I worry about the kids, their grades, the amount of time they spend on the computer, worry...
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Slaying the Beast of Shame
Still on that Love Addiction kick? Sheesh, will you give that up already?
I’ve been slogging away on my chapter about Love Addiction. I keep writing and every time I finish a sentence, it feels like the next sentence should be “I guess I really need to attend a Love Addicts Anonymous meeting.” I will admit that I am curious, but something...
...continue readingWake up, the Universe is calling
Do you ever have those days or weeks where the stars and the universe seem to align and you feel like you are being guided? I have been having lunches and coffees and conversations with various people in my life where words like “chakras” and “Kundalini Rising” and “meditation”...
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I had a great radio/blog interview with Jenn and Steve at yourlifematters.com. They have posted my interview on their site. I was pleased with the interview because they really got to the nugget of my book and the reason I wrote it. It is not a 9/11 story as...
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I woke up this morning to this fiery scene reminding me of last week’s lessons. Lessons in words and sentences, gerund verbs and participles. I visited a Calder exhibit with a group of 10-year olds, struck by the simplicity of the red, yellow, blue, white, black shapes spinning, equally...
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My poor blog is getting the short shrift (which I just looked up and discovered was a short confession before a person was hanged. You know, in case you were wondering and needed something uplifting to think about. I guess a short confession meant you couldn’t get rid of...
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Learning to live again after the sudden death of my husband Arron on 9/11. I wrote my book, The Alchemy of Loss, as a testament to finding the silver lining of grief and loss, to discovering the defibrillator effect of trauma and its power to awaken us into really living. I now live in Seattle with my two teenaged kids.






