Aging & the Inner Life
Six Months on the Quiet Path – A Guide to My Substack Posts
The quiet path is hard to come by in our world these days — a world so full of happenings and not-happenings. Like many, I’ve realized there’s only so much I can do…
Caring Without Carrying
Simple Ways to Be There Without Burning Out Some of us were taught to be so attentive that we end up carrying the weight of the room. We notice tone, tension, unspoken fears—and…
CALLING MY ENERGY HOME – Caregiver Burnout
I woke up this morning with a stress hangover. Some might call it caregiver burnout, but for me, it feels even more layered than that. Do you know what I’m talking about? It’s…
NAVIGATING EMOTIONS in DIFFICULT TIMES
Who among us has not felt red hot anger? In fact, anger is often the most appropriate emotion. Rage even. But, when we live in a place of constant anger or despair we…
DEAR FRIENDS & KIND HEARTS
Dear Friends and kind hearts, Yesterday felt like a Good Friday to me. Steeped in the sacred and sacramental as a child, the rituals of the Episcopal Church provided comfort to me as…
11/6/2024 A Message for My Children & Grandchildren
In the darkness this morning, as I struggled to absorb what’s happened, I began writing to my children. What can I tell them? How can I give them hope, I thought. What do…
