Facebook, Instagram, Norman Rockwell paintings, Christmas letters …. Such happy, shiny, idyllic, perfect images. The crisis in Gaza, mass murders, racism, my own family of origin …. Such devastating, tragic, brutal, sad realities. How do we hold the realities of how...

Becoming a Conscious Parenting Certified Coach has me thinking a lot about what it means to be conscious in my life. When not conscious, my default is to be numb or inattentive. I miss important details. I say careless things. My mind is elsewhere. Though it is...

Years ago I was laying next to our youngest daughter while we did our bedtime routine. In between stories and lullabies, my mind was spinning. Irrational fears were spiraling and before I knew it, I had gone down a rabbit trail in my mind where our family had become...

Each day when we first wake up and our eyes slowly open, there are silent, profound moments of awakening. Jungians tell us these are the first, most defenseless moments we will have in our day. These morning moments when our ego is still asleep are special spaces when...

Jay is a Muslim from China. He knows what happens to Muslims in China. When caught, they are put into internment camps where they are treated to holocaust-like conditions with no hope for freedom. Becoming a dad changed everything for Jay. Looking into his son’s eyes...

When I was young, my bedroom had a closet with a little corner space tucked in the back. It was the perfect place to hide. I spent a lot of time there. I wrote and drew on the walls in that tiny space. The images and words were expressions of my truest elementary...