When life knocked me down, hundreds of red dragonflies lifted me up. What I learned about them was so life-changing, I've been writing, painting and speaking about it ever since. (Here's the whole story if you haven't heard it.) I discovered that dragonflies spend most of their lives crawling around the bottom of a pond. And [...]
No matter how many sweet nothings someone else whispers in our ears, what really matters are the things we say to ourselves. As grateful as I am to be married to one of the most adorable, thoughtful and romantic men on the planet, I know that True Love starts with our relationship to our own hearts. [...]
I wrote this poem for Thanksgiving. But read it any time you could use a big heaping portion of gratitude. THANK. FULL. Thanks for life's joys And also the oy's. The blues and the blahs, The bliss and ah-hahs. Thanks for the angst, The fill-in-the blanks--- The yearning, the churning And all that damn learning. Thanks for the [...]
Let me start by wishing you the happiest of holidays. But let me continue by saying, if you're not feeling quite as shiny as the tinsel on a tree, you're not alone. 'Tis the season when we expect our lives to be as merry and bright as everyone else's family photos. And as preposterously perfect [...]
If there ever was a time when the world needed more light, this would be it. Thankfully, Hanukkah, aka The Festival of Lights, is starting today---just in the nick of time. Here’s the story: Over 2,000 years ago, a small band of faithful Jews fought one of the mightiest armies on earth to take back their temple. Everything [...]
It's easy to be thankful for the mashed potatoes and gravy of our lives. You know, those rich, scrumptious moments when everything is going well. But what about when it isn't? What about those angst-filled, up-all-night-times that make us question what it's all about? If you're like me, you've had far too many of those [...]
Don't get me wrong. "Aging gracefully" is lovely. In a quiet, refined, elegant kind of way. Which is great, if that's "You." But it's definitely not "Me." I was never particularly graceful when I was younger. So, why would I suddenly become that way as I age? To me, the term "aging gracefully" feels like a cultural corset that holds women to one tight standard. [...]
I feel so honored to have been chosen to be part of Rita Wilson's "Voices of Strength" Initiative on the Huffington Post. To read my story, just click here. It's proof that it's never too late to soar.
Have you ever been so stuck in the muck that it felt like you’d never get out? Well, that was me one very dark night last September. I’ll never forget my husband Will and I just sitting in our backyard, staring up at the full moon. It seemed to stare back, asking “How could you?” [...]
Even though I’ve grown up in a free country, I’ve spent most of my life behind bars imprisoned by a cruel and tyrannical dictator: My Mind. Since childhood, the Voice In My Head has belittled, brainwashed, taunted and tricked me into believing I was “too” this and “not enough” that. It has tortured me with [...]