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The poem below, The Real Life, was the very first poem I wrote when I started writing poetry again a few years ago. Today, I want to invite you to consider: What is the “the real life” in front of you – the beautiful, simple, available life in front of you that you [...]
the pressure to have an arm that looks like that and legs that look like that and a belly like that pressure to tone this to that to be a size this weigh that How many days have you lost? How many murders of yourself? How many times have you clamped down [...]
I haven’t posted a poem here in a while, but on this rainy foggy day in the middle of winter, it seemed time for a poem, and time for this one. A loving reminder of the rhythm. We all need to remember her. The Rhythm Art by Shelley Kommers In any creative [...]
The Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke controversy rages on. I’ve been thinking about it a lot this week — feeling inspired by the successful consumer activism that is causing advertisers to take a stand. I’ve been thinking about what makes someone say offensive and demeaning things about another human being – and what makes other people [...]
Today I’m bringing you a conversation with my friend and colleague Marianne Elliott, whose book came out this week! Some of you who have been reading for a while have met Marianne here before. She’s a human rights activist, a yoga teacher, a writer, and a lawyer. Her new book, Zen Under Fire, is a [...]
I watched the Oscar’s Sunday night, and then, with more than a little frustration running through my veins, I wrote about the sad and weird relationship to women going on through the whole darn thing. That article, called “Dear Oscar: Women Have Stories Too“ is up up on the front page of the Women’s section [...]
Photo: “Life flows on…” by Christa Gallopoulos *** I don’t often excerpt other people’s work here, but I recently read something so gorgeous I knew right away I wanted to share it with you. This is from one of my favorite teachers, neuropsychologist and Buddhist teacher, Rick Hanson. Rick writes: “One of [...]
Cafe Lalo, one of my favorite places in NYC At this moment I on the plane coming home to San Francisco from New York. I had a fabulous week in NYC that included: Staying at On the Ave, a sweet little boutique hotel located at a great spot on the Upper West Side. I [...]
My friend Molly asked me to contribute to a series of posts on Fierce Self-Love – as a part of the warmup to her upcoming course on that topic. I’m excited about what Molly does over at her site, Stratejoy. Her work targets women in their mid-twenties, women grappling with their “quarter-life crisis!” (Have you [...]
When you beautify your mind, you beautify your world. – John O’Donahue Sometimes we get caught in an odd misconception: that we are simply “supposed to be” happy. That psychological normalcy is an upbeat, cheerful, satisfied attitude. We assume that if the external events in our life are relatively stable and good, we should be [...]
