Events
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...
A Lesson In Vulnerability, Accountability & Forgiveness From Ted Lasso
My partner Jeff and I are a bit behind the cultural times. While everyone else was binging Ted Lasso during the pandemic, we were busy on the front lines of trying to support a world in crisis — Jeff on the front lines of the mental health epidemic at Harvard, and me...
Boundaries For Thanksgiving
There’s a saying in spiritual circles- “If you think you’re enlightened, go home.” No matter how great your childhood was, nothing brings up our core triggers and most regressed behaviors more than being around our family of origin. I remember helping my mother...
How to Pause Instead of Reflexively People-Pleasing
I had a very hard time learning to say no to my mother. She didn’t ask me how I wanted to live my life when I was growing up. She ordered me to do what she wanted, which usually was whatever she thought the church wanted. Having grown up in California during my early...