I’m leaving a Chicago coffee shop, clutching a book, as eyes of a stranger meet mine. He says: “I don’t see many people your age reading on a Friday night. What are you reading?” “Anatomy of the Spirit”, I say. As I check my own coolness. He pulls out his wallet and hands me a card almost instantly. He says that he knows a great holistic doctor that works with energy. I was a bit taken back, as I did not ask for this, but a few weeks later, as I found myself feeling physically (and spiritually, though I did not realize this) broken, I called this doctor. It was one of the best things I’ve stumbled upon.
POST ELECTION 2016 : The Mirror That Keeps on Being a Mirror
The past few weeks, I have cried with my clients and loved ones and felt the gamut from anger and fear to being alive and uplifted. I am reminded that this election and its results, as everything is, a mirror of who we are as a whole society, and parts of who I am as an individual. This country and this world, … Read More
Why Witnessing Your Home Space Is Essentially Yoga
What is around us, especially “closest to home”, is imbued with our ongoing energy and attention. Marie Kondo asks us to examine each item in our habitat and ask ourselves, “does it spark joy?” If it doesn’t, honor and let it go. When we take a closer look at our surroundings and what is in them, we can unfold our … Read More
What can Family Constellations do for you?
The first time I tried Family Constellations, a friend invited me and I blindly went. I had no idea that I would see a visual and dimensional image of my family dynamics and how they related to me through live people in the room. These people had no idea who my family members were or anything about them. By connecting … Read More
Yes and…
Improv Comedy uses the basic rule of “yes, and!” When a two or more people get together to do improv, by saying “yes, and…”, they accept the reality that is created by their partner and open a collaborative process. When someone says “no” the reality is rejected and the energy and momentum is stopped. Two Insights we can take with … Read More
The Roots of Acceptance: A Holistic View
How do we accept ourselves fully if we don’t accept our parents? As I prepare to share my thoughts here, I have the impulse to scrap this and pretend I never wrote it. I have the thought, will my ideas be accepted? Do we all have some part of ourselves that we fear sharing with others? How does our self-acceptance … Read More
