Meditation & Space.

I have a long history with meditation, I remember the first time I ever tried it, I was in high school, and we had to lay on the floor, and someone talked us through a visualization of entering a cave, and what we could see and hear. We were not told it was meditating...

Strong-Willed Children.

My son is very strong-willed, just like his dad, and me. It’s tough because we live in a world where strong wills are seen as a good thing until that child must fit in somewhere. Like school or church or sports teams. My strong-willed son has never responded well to...

Course Correction.

I used to think that if I could not stick to a plan and see it through, that meant I could not follow through, or finish anything. And that I was lazy and had no drive. This belief was reinforced by false narratives I heard from the adults around me as I was growing...

Not Ready for Gray Hair.

I am an accepting person by nature, I feel I lived enough and had enough experience and perspective to let the things I cannot change just be, things like other people’s beliefs, bureaucratic processes, the weather, aging, and situations out of our control – I simply...