When we lose touch with these parts of ourselves, life becomes narrow and flat (and boring!). We go through the motions, meet the deadlines, fulfill the obligations—but inside, we know something essential is missing. The excavation process is about acknowledging and reclaiming our wholeness.

The beautifully mysterious subjectivity of mental illness is too often lost in the noise of objective, authoritarian voices that dominate...

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It is a bit surreal that I am writing about records on a blog — and hopefully most of you know what a record is or if not can imagine...

The concept of mindfulness has become popularized in recent years as a result of the work of many teachers, writers, and practitioners....

Every day we ingest and absorb environmental toxins. They are unfortunately in the ground, in the air, and in the food we eat. They are...

I had never been in a blasting zone before, nor had I even heard of them. But on a recent road trip through six states, I traveled...

When I was a little girl, I had a chemistry kit. It was a hand me down from my sisters who are seven and 10 years older than me. The kit...

Creativity represents a healthy balance in-between two other extremes: restlessness and stagnation. Both restlessness and stagnation are...

Happiness is something we all seem to want more of in our lives, but what exactly do we mean when we say that we want to be happy? The...

This post originally appeared at Huffington Post on 5/26/15. I feel most comfortable in a classroom. Whether I am the instructor or...

I sometimes think that I was happier when I was depressed. I recently found a journal from 2006 and 2008, with an almost two-year gap...

When driving home from work one evening, I saw a beautiful rainbow stretch across the sky. As I approached the stop light which granted...

People have been seizing the day since Horace offered this delicious phrase to the world in 23 BCE. Yet over time, we intuitively fall...