It’s been another week, hasn’t it?! Millions of people have been traumatized by the political climate of the last few years. Millions have been traumatized by brutal bureaucracies created to perpetuate systemic poverty, racism, misogyny, ableism, and so much more....

Books I Love Bastard Out of Carolina, by Dorothy Allison I read this when it was first published in '92. It seemed as though the young protagonist of this semi-autobiographical novel was speaking for me. The power of story, written in such a masterly style, helped...

“Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” – Mary Oliver Traveling Down Deep It’s the ultimate road trip ... soul travel. For that is what’s happening when we choose to travel even a little bit of the spiritual path. We’re traveling down into...

Sometimes, it's all about the basics, isn't it? Here are a few definitions for you think about. Happiness Martin Seligman, one of the leading researchers in positive psychology and author of Authentic Happiness, describes happiness as having three parts: pleasure,...

Jane was one of the millions of women who are miserable at work. She's an intelligent woman who’d been successful in her corporate career. She’d made steady advances in the workplace, and was well paid, with lots of benefits and plenty of vacation time. So why was she...

What if you need to make a change? One that’s terrible, horrible, no good, etc? Maybe the change is something that scares you so much you start hyperventilating just thinking about getting ready to do it. Or, it’s such a terrible and horrible change that you can’t...

Women & depression ... it's such a complex issue. And there can be hidden triggers lurking underneath the surface, causing the depression. It's complicated, in part, because ... there are several different types of depression; it can mimic other conditions;...