Out and about, we pass by each other in the streets, grocery stores, banks, airports, subways, parks, restaurants and work places masked up attempting to protect ourselves and others from the deadly Covid-19 virus.  Masses of flesh, kinetic energy rushing through life–being, doing and moving […]

We as a people are a bunch of sorry humans. Think about it.  How many times in a given day does ”I’m sorry,” dribble out of your mouth? I’m not talking about serious things like genuinely expressing empathy for others misfortunes or regret for saying […]

Floating. Sleepwalking. Self-induced brain fog. Daydreaming. Living.  But not really. Breathing.   Barely. Mechanical. Robotic. Out of touch. With who you are. What you need. What you like. What you hate. What lights your inner fire. Where you are going. Stuck. Somewhere. Hard to budge. Hard […]

Self-sabotage is not a birthright or a right-of-passage!!  Neither is walking blindly into traffic while yapping on your cell phone or jumping behind the wheel with several chocolate martinis under your belt. Some things are just plain stupid and irresponsible.  Our lives are constructed on […]

So, I pulled my car into a grocery store parking lot, on the way home from work, to exhale a bit.  It was gloomy. Sheets of rain fell earlier in the day. It made me extremely tired.  My eyelids felt like bags of sand. I […]

Stepping into innumerable homes in the urban, suburbs and valley areas over the past 23 years, as a medical and psychiatric registered nurse–crossing racial, cultural and religious fences– has taught me valuable things about my patients and being human.   We are more alike than […]

Feeling whole all the time is a lot of work.  It’s virtually impossible. But many of us continue to live inside a self-imposed pressure cooker. Who’s kidding who? Trying to have it all. Be all. Know all. Do it all. We gravitate towards people we […]

I’m glad I made the choice. Back in 1997. I had doubts. Often. Big fears. A fish out of water. It was pretty rough. Would I cut in? Yes.  It’s hard work. Challenging. Grueling, at times. Even, maddening. But, it touches my soul. In a […]

With all the craziness going on in the world, it’s getting harder and harder to unwind at bedtime and curl into a fetal position.  Insomnia is running wild.  It seems like everybody is taking sleep aids that don’t do a damn thing. 1. Get Salty […]

When was the last time?  You felt good about yourself.  Not okay. But, good? Even, great? When was the last time?  You acknowledged an accomplishment or achievement without downplaying it? When was the last time?  You looked at yourself in the mirror and didn’t turn […]