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Recent Blog Posts

• Letting Go of the Past: A Prerequisite for Being In the Present

  Recently, I watched the movie Up with my family, which I hadn't seen in years.  Despite it being heart warming, humorous (squirrel!), and entertaining,… Read more…

• How To Have A Connecting Conversation: Step by Step

  If you are having trouble connecting with people during the Covid-19 pandemic you are not alone. This article gives step by step instructions for how to have a connecting conversation.
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• Managing Anxiety During the Covid-19 Pandemic

  4 strategies for managing anxiety during the covid-19 pandemic. Read more…

• Mystical States and Healing: What Psychotherapy Can Learn from Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

  What they did yesterday afternoon ~ by Warsan Shire they set my aunts house on fire i cried the way women on… Read more…

• The Non-Violent Communication (NVC) Mindfulness Connection

  How NVC (Non-Violent Communication) and mindfulness practice are inter-connected. Read more…

• Touch and Go: Meditation for Pain

  When my horse got to the highway side of the fence, I started to panic. I used a meditation technique called "Touch and Go" to work with my experience as it unfolded. Read more…

• Losing Aby: Grief and Stillness

  My experience of losing my dog, Aby, of feeling grief, and trying to explain death to my six year old son. Read more…

• How To Raise Non-Judgmental Children

  We all want our children to treat others with kindness and respect. Teaching and modeling non-judgment is a key component to this! Read more…

• Blame and the Empty Boat Practice

  After watching a dog kill a cat, I was forced to look at how I over-rode my own intuition and to explore the concept of blame with the help of the Zen metaphor of the empty boat. Read more…

• 3 Mindfulness Activities You Can Do With Your Child Today

  “Mindfulness means paying attention, in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness.… Read more…