Events
Remembering January 6 (On My Daughter’s 20th Birthday)
I was on a first date on January 6, 2020, walking on Stinson Beach with a lovely artist who I wound up going on five dates with before he decided he wasn’t into me. We were less than an hour into our date, marveling with some sadness at an array of dead blue jellyfish...
Is 2026 Your Year To Give More? Or Receive More?
Happy 2026 everyone! I’m kind of reeling after reading in the New York Times about our President kidnapping another country’s President (and his wife) and vowing to “run Venezuala” in what looks like an act of unauthorized war on a sovereign country. So my shocked,...
A Holiday Reset: How To Track Your Growth & Progress This Yuletide Season
Let me start with wishing you holiday blessings from the 1870s renovated barn that is Jeff, Mira and my new home near Bodega Bay, CA. Because we’ve been in the midst of a big move, we only just got around to decorating for the holidays. So let me show you where we...
Winter Solstice: How “Placed” Or “Dis-Placed” Are You With The Land You Live On?
Happy Winter Solstice to you all! I want to thank you for another year of caring about the work I do, of being on this newsletter list, of reading what I write and participating in workshops and other programs I offer, and of giving me the gift of service to you all....
How To Deal With Dashed Expectations Around The Holidays
One of our LOVE SCHOOL students made a special request for our next LOVE SCHOOL class- how to cope with the holidays when someone you love fails to live up to your expectations. She wrote, “How do you befriend your sad, hopeless, lonely parts during the holidays when...
A Sixth Grade Boy Interviewed Me About Mind Over Medicine. Read My Answers.
Sometimes I can’t believe that it’s been twelve years since Mind Over Medicine hit the New York Times bestseller list right out of the publication gate and five years since I had the chance to completely rewrite a revised edition in 2020. (Buy the revised edition...