In the Middle of Living
Do you live as I do, somewhere between this person plugging along in her life, doing her best to survive the blows of life and celebrate…
Mind, Meaning and Muscle
Here we are, attempting to live in three personal worlds at once—head, heart and body—as we do our best to digest the irruptions in the world…
Do You Need a Learner’s Permit?
I ask because I just had a moment of shock at how unforgiving I was toward myself. And about nothing. I forgot something I meant to…
Reduced or Realigned?
Right now life is reduced to the essentials: to caring for loved ones, finding food, getting exercise without being with other people, staying well, celebrating those…
How long before we “get it?”
There are many secret teachings in Taoism, Tai Chi and Qigong that the masters only share with their most dedicated adepts. But the biggest secret…
Engaging Daily in the Practice of Presence
Why, you might ask, is daily work necessary in order to be who I am? Well, for a lot of people it’s enough to go to…
James Hollis on our Appointment with the Soul
Our gift to the world, according to Jungian analyst James Hollis, is “to return to the task of being who we are.” Such a super-effort can…
Finding the Way Home
“Home is where the heart lies,” goes the saying. And hopefully, when the heart feels uncared for, home is the healing place where “the peace which…
Giving Up our Druthers
Have you ever felt you wanted one thing and then did another, just from pig-headedness? Maybe you were tempted to do something you’ve never done before,…
A Second Brain…
Scientific alert! Wonderful news about science’s discovery of what many knew from experience, picked up and just republished on JDShares, my friends. We are indeed, as…
Finding Time for Your Self 