My husband stood up from the dining room table after breakfast and said he was headed to his office to write an exam. I said, “Aren’t you...

On my walk today I listened to Shankar Vedantam interview organizational psychologist Loran Nordgren on The Hidden Brain podcast. They...

In the last several years, I know of several people who have met their partners through an online dating service and others who have not...

What if you received a call from MacKenzie Scott (see below) informing you that your organization was the recipient of a sum of money...

If you are like me, you find inspiration from stepping outside your daily routine or in noticing intimate encounters in nature. I invite...

In the past few weeks, two of my coaching clients have described “career tests” that they took in their past that they thought told them...

Last weekend I decided to make crawfish etouffee for the first time. The recipe called for making a roux. I stirred and stirred and...

Ted Lasso arrived in my life at just the right time. I wanted to watch something funny and with this program I received so much more. I...

With quiet anticipation, I pick up my favorite knife and the avocado that I have deemed is most likely ripe, finally. I slice it in half...

I am writing this newsletter on Groundhog Day. It got me thinking about the film and wondering if I could choose a day to repeat again...

Last week my husband Mark and I watched the Ram Dass memorial service, sponsored by Seva Foundation. Ram Dass was one of its founding...

What do theater, the brain, and empathy have to do with one another? You’ll find out when you watch Josh Kornbluth’s latest one-person...

I have rejoined a book group that I had to leave when I moved from Oakland, CA to Lafayette, LA more than ten years ago. It was just one...

Each day, each hour, and in between I “take my pulse.” How do I feel physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually? At times I am calm,...

This morning on my walk, I thought about how I have needed ways to “escape” during this pandemic. Where are my places to go when I don’t...

"In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned. When I first heard the phrase, I...

This is a time of deep crisis and reckoning in the United States. For many, including for me, it is a time of sadness and anger over the...

As I venture out into the neighborhood on my daily walks, I notice how beautiful people’s yards have become. It is not just because it is...

So much has changed since I wrote last month’s newsletter. I send you and your family love and compassion. A big thank you to health...

I headed outside for a walk with a physical ache in my behind and an emotional ache in my heart. The combination has given me the blues...