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 […]

I will get right to the point.  I am obsessed with “The Boot.”  ITALY!   The music, food, wine, culture, architecture, history, geography, people and language.  In addition, to all those delicious vowels in a name.  The way they swoon and marinate, procreating sounds that are […]

Words are powerful. They can mend. And, they can offend. A tone. A tart tongue. So are thoughts. Self-talk. Self-sabotage. Our own. Poisonous. They strangle purpose. Deafening. Controlling. Lurking in the shadows. In the crevices. They emerge unexpectedly. Bossing us around. Telling us what we […]

I am various colors. Subdued and hyperpigmented. The spectrum of life. Aware of my emotions. Sometimes harmonious, other times, chaotic. I transform like a chameleon. I am BLACK; infused with mystery, intuition, strength, depth, authority. I am RED; full of vibrancy, fire, heat, boldness, pain, candor, […]