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The Long Arc Of Love: A Brutiful Love Story
The way I hurdled headlong into what I thought was love three years ago is so clichéd that I won’t even bother describing the intoxicating...
Can You Dare To Ask “What’s It Like To Be You?” 50 Years After Martin Luther King, Jr. Died?
What would happen on this planet if every single human had the capacity to reach out to someone very different and ask, “What’s it like to be you?”...
Can You Stand In Your Mama Bear Power To JUST SAY NO To Those Who Abuse Power?
For some reason, I am someone who attracts people who need to tell their most painful, gut-wrenching stories, who need to have their story lovingly...
Don’t Kick The Habit: Resolve To Skip New Years Resolutions This Year
As New Years approaches, let's try something different. Studies show that approximately 40% of people make New Years Resolutions, but only between...
THIS Is Not Love
This morning, a friend was telling me about how someone she loves treats her. Her stories sounded painful and brutalizing, even abusive. I wondered...
Are We Ready For Truth & Reconciliation Around Sexual Violence? #MeToo
A teenage Icelandic woman is raped by her Australian boyfriend after she’s had too much to drink. In his own immature, conditioned teenage mind, he...
Is It Ethical to Charge Money to Participate in a Soul Tribe?
Since we announced our new Soul Tribe subscription service yesterday, we’ve received some feedback via email and on Facebook asking the question,...
Thank You for This Gift of Love: A Lesson in Radical Gratitude
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because the whole point of this holiday is invoking a tender emotion—gratitude—that has been known in...
Sexual Harassment in Medical Education (#MeToo)
Right now, I am at Esalen, in recovery in the wake of the death of my mother. Although grief can be consuming and the deathbed vigil with my mother...
Eulogy to My Mother: Patricia Rankin (August 14, 1945–October 30, 2017)
Today is my beloved mother's funeral. In honor of this final memorial, may I share with you the eulogy I wrote for her. When my father was...
Patricia Rankin (August 14, 1945–October 30, 2017)
My mother made her final transition last night. After I told her, my friend Shiloh said, "When the mother passes, the fabric of the universe is...
Saying Goodbye to My Beloved Mother–Part Three
The death vigil for my mother continues. For those who are not following the daily journey on Facebook, I am also posting what moves through me on...