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The Joy Patrol: A Dog Inspires Joy on the Journey of Healing Grief & Trauma
Every day for 16 years, Craig Cooley walked with his dog Dino in the park around Lake Lily, nestled in the heart of Maitland, Florida. Lake Lily is a magical place. People of all walks of life are...
Join Global Citizen and Stand Up For Ukraine
Join Global Citizen's campaign and post a video telling world leaders why you want them to Stand Up For Ukraine. Here's a link to my video https://www.instagram.com/p/CcFuzCgjbhK/ It's easy to...
Our World Needs a Mother’s Embrace.
Our world is crying out for a mother’s love. Millions of us long to soothe the agony of those suffering from the war in Ukraine and wrap them in a loving embrace. In times like this, we need our...
Don’t Wait to See What Others Do!
The devastation and suffering in Ukraine is unbearable and as one of my clients said to me last week, I need to do more than pray. I agreed. Millions of us have prayed for Ukraine (and Russia) to be...
What Are You Fertilizing!
Years ago, we lived on the Gulf Coast and back then, it was hard to find many organic products in Mississippi. I decided to experiment with some organic fertilizer for our lawn and ordered a bag on...
How Do We Fail Better?
I listened to Cornell West address the anger and turmoil in our country and he quoted the Irish author Samuel Beckett with this powerful message. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. I’ve been...
The Prerogative of The Brave.
As a therapist, but more importantly as a human being, I believe this is how we heal individual and collective trauma. We sit and listen. We create a sacred space where we bear witness and honor...
Do You Feel “A Part Of” or “Apart From”?
Nature offers us a great example of how to live in harmony with one another but we tend to dismiss it, because we have forgotten that as human beings we are part of nature and the natural order. If...
Queen of the May!
When I was growing up, I loved hearing my Mother’s memories of May Day celebrations when she was a little girl. All of the girls in her Catholic school wore white dresses and made crowns of roses to...
March to Your Own Drummer!
This is Harry! A dear friend gave him to me years ago on my birthday, because he wanted to encourage me to be who I am, believe in my ideas and have the courage to march to my own drummer. Harry is...
You Are Never Too Small to Make A Difference!
I left the screen door to my patio open a crack and I only noticed it after an annoying mosquito zoomed around my office for the rest of the day. I’d forget about it for a while until it swooped...
The Way of Love and Truth
All of our spiritual teachers had moments of despair, and I find comfort knowing that even Gandhi, Jesus, Mother Theresa and Martin Luther King had moments where they doubted that love, light,...
