"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 didn...

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 w...

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 prof...

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 a...

Sometimes there is a spark. Something triggers an idea or an image and if we allow ourselves to trust in that moment, it takes us on a jo...

How will you stand up in 2020? As we start the new year it is an apropos time to reflect on an array of questions. Here are some to get y...

A couple of years ago, in the Theatre and Performance rooms at the Victoria & Albert Museum, I felt joyful as I walked around the three

Exuberance is the word that came to mind as I watched, listened, and danced to the gospel choir and band on the steps of the Emmanuel Bap...

I’m often surprised by how good it feels to check things off of my list. Recently my husband and I have taken steps to update our legal d...

As the noises of life and the distractions from media and our gadgets grow, I seem to enjoy quiet more and more. Not the absence of sound...

I must admit that sometimes I feel despair. I read the newspaper in the morning and am overcome by sadness and anger at our leaders’ lack...

In the doctor’s office waiting room this week, the patients staged a mutiny. Okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration. After one person (ye...

In my dream last night, I was sitting in the audience at a table in a high school gym and on stage the actors were performing my play. Th...

I have been experimenting with listening with my eyes open and with my eyes closed. This started in a Pilates session when by chance I ha...

I am reading Brené Brown’s new book, Dare to Lead, and that has me thinking more about what it means to lead. In partner dancing, the lea...

We recently returned from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where my husband and I shared a house and memorable experiences with four friends...

“I’m giving birth to my creativity. For so long, I compared myself with my peer group. Since participating in the workshop, I am not tryi...

My friend’s daughter worked for many years as a chef at a residential hospice center in San Francisco. One of the cool things they did wa...

As a Life and Leadership Coach, with experience in moving forward in my own life and helping lots of other people to do so, I would love to