“Bloom where you’re planted.” —The Buddha   How do you show up for yourself? If you haven’t asked yourself this question lately—or ever—you’re in good company. Although I’ve been practicing self-care for decades, and even chose to follow it as the path of my life’sread more

“Things I’ll Do Once I Feel Normal Again” This is the theme I started journaling on last week, *|FNAME|*, when I noticed that my daily entries were a little more doom-and-gloom than I felt comfortable with. I was going on week 9 or 10 ofread more

April 2023 As soon as I turned the corner, I knew my weekly shopping budget was going out the window. For weeks at the farmer’s market, the vendor on the corner had buckets of tulips—little things, barely buds, for sale at a premium, premature price.read more

MARCH 31-APRIL 14, 2021 I don’t do cleanses. And yet, my body—the miraculous thing that it is—is always cleansing all on its own, through the natural processes of detoxification and digestion it’s been designed to do to stay alive. In Ayurveda, facilitating the process ofread more

Melting snow, budding trees, a loamy aroma in the air, earlier sunrises, and later sunsets. These are the signs of spring, the season when the Earth awakens from her hibernation and puts on display all the new life she’s been keeping safe underground during theread more