She sat and sat and sat, silent to the point of aphasia — not so much that she couldn’t speak, more that she was so deep down the well of...

I’ve struggled my entire adult life to Get Things Done. It’s not that I’m ever really idle, not really. Even when it looks like I’m doing...

In the timeless twilight between sleep and waking, words are eaten alive, no rational thought escapes, life itself stands still, quietly...

To pick up where we left off last week: For me, the real deal about being kind to myself is all about being in touch with my own true...

“To thine own self be kind.” I mean REALLY TRULY kind. I mean radical kindness, real, radical self-compassion. The kind of kindness that...

I’m doing something a little different today to honour my (recent) commitment to post on Thursdays: reposting something I posted on...

She stood at the counter in her tiny kitchen, frozen in the act of skinning ocean perch fillets for Brazilian fish stew, frozen by memory...

The trouble with silence is that it’s so hard to find. And because it’s so hard to find, we’re so not used to it. It makes us...

1. FROM A WRITING RETREAT THIS SUMMER Shimmering like white starburst fireworks, sun on gentle waves. Air is still. Calm before the...

She sat and sat and sat. This time, it was a good thing, because she’d actually gotten up out of the the chair by the door and was now...

Surrounded by emptiness, always, surrounded, bounded, filled with emptiness. I used to feel empty all the time. So I filled up with booze...

I know I keep saying this, but this time – this time – will be different. I’ll do better at staying in touch. I will. I will. But the...

Don’t ask what you can do. They can’t tell you, because they don’t know. Don’t say, if there’s anything you need, just let me know. They...

Haiku #1: Hopeful Gator Ancient hooded eye Turtles splayed on sunny rock Jaws open, one less turtle Haiku #2: Hopeful Egret Hopeful egret...

We lived on a dirt road in a remote rural part of the country. It was an election year, so they were paving as many roads as they could...