Oliver Sacks lived bigger than life. Passionate, eccentric and engaged. As a doctor, (renowned neurologist), he treated patients who suffered, well, from just about everything (including unusual neurological disorders, and you may remember him from the movie, Awakenings).On this, he…
An all-star quarterback retired this past week. Andrew Luck is 29. Which means, too young to retire. Because of years of chronic pain, he made the decision based on priorities other than his job; health, family and joy.He was booed…
Did someone go through our world and change the price tags that determine what we value? And what grounds us? It feels that way to me.In conversations and email, I hear two consistent themes; depletion (from overload, distraction and hurry)…
Have you ever thrown your hands up into the air, and shouted to no one in particular, “Enough already, I’m tired of all this!”I have. And these moments seem to detonate more frequently.On cue, I scurry down a rabbit trail…
The images after the shootings still burn.There are times when we have no words.This is easy to take personally, for my job, after all, is to find words.Pain and violence and loss touch a raw nerve. I know when I…
When your internal conversation begins, “I wish my life were different,” your headaches have only just begun. This is not a quarrel that will end well. You see, when I kick into my compulsion to fix, or figure out, or…
We are, every single one of us, wounded. That is a gift.We are, every single one of us, broken. And that is a gift.We are blessedly human, and no one of us is on this journey alone. That too, is…
Very early Saturday morning, my sister Alicia, died. She is now in the arms of the angels. My heart is tender.This on top of a week watching images of suffering and pain, wondering, what do we do with all the…
“What is the meaning of life?” she asks me.We are sitting at a table, at a retreat center where I am the guest speaker.I smile. Because that question is far more direct and interesting than, “How was the traffic?” So,…
This week I received news that someone I love is near death’s door.Like the earthquakes in California this past week; you think you are prepared. There’s even an alert app for your phone.And yet, your world is visibly shaken.Living with…
