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How each of us carry chronic stress and trauma is as individual as how we heal. One of the most common responses includes feeling numb and disconnected from ourselves and others, withdrawing from social situations and personal relationships, aches and pains that have...

Winter ushered in unique constraints to living in step with a pandemic; it was harder to see friends safely outdoors as paths were icy and porches frigid. Now that spring is in the air, we feel sprung from lockdown, but there's still some time -- and reflection to do...

Isn't that a terrific question? It was asked of me as part of an interview with the editors of a gorgeous and timely anthology I'm thrilled to be a part of aptly titled Deep Beauty: Experiencing Wonder When the World is On Fire, edited by Rosemary Winslow and...

We are at the tail end of winter -- and perhaps, at the beginning of the end of the pandemic thanks to the vaccine rollout. Still, the air is still chilly (and full of aerosols) -- so we can't let down our guard just yet. Plus, many of us have residual fear -- or...

If listening is an act of love (thanks StoryCorps!), than what is paying attention with your whole being -- all your sense doors and body wisdom? I've been re-reading Winifred Gallagher's "Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life," considering how my own attention these...