I have several friends facing life-threatening illness. What does one say in light of devastating news? I know silence is not the answer

Three years ago, I had Stage 3 Kidney disease. Then I developed severe digestive problems and was forced to change my food choices.

Gentle Teaching is an approach to help those struggling to feel safe, feel love, be engaged and show gentleness and love to each other.

I’ve been working with a healer over the past 2 months to help me clear suffering from my body. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Sometimes I want to close my eyes to the hurt and pain, to the disrespect and the distraction. Sometimes I want to look through other’s eyes

Too many people around me are suffering with illness and challenges. I feel hopeless and helpless. I worry I'm next.

I’m living in a body that holds memories no longer useful to me. What do I do with the memories? I have anger. What do I do with the anger?

Have you ever felt like there are different parts of you that are sometimes at odds with each other? It's normal. But how to be happy?

From an eagle’s view, we humans weathered a tsunami breaking us open. Some of us picked up the pieces, others blamed. It's a choice.

I kept having a dream last night, my children suffering. It's so difficult to feel helpless when a loved one suffers. Easier to blame myself

For years I have been telling myself a story that begins on my first birthday when my sister was born with a hole in her heart.

Some pain is so great that it's necessary to hold onto it to give it the significance it deserves. Anything short of that trivializes it.

I was raised understanding my job was to be nice above all else. That translated into forgetting about me. And to fibromyalgia.

I have been managing my anxiety for years now and sometimes I still lose control.

My greatest pivotal moment came when I viewed myself as a pupil of life rather than a victim. I still struggle with it but I'm learning.

I can’t make sense of the struggles that befall people. My life changed because I found lessons in everything I experienced.

At that moment I could finally feel it and I realized I would never, alone, fill that bottomless hole inside me. A visualization helped.

Life in this Pandemic teaches me on a daily basis to practice presence. A feeling of support, togetherness, and trust goes a long way.

Do I stay informed and take action or do I focus on my inner life? Is there a way to do both?

I have lost my ability to sing. I wonder if my tender emotions have been part of it. So I went on a retreat to learn to love myself.