Vulnerability and living

GAME PLAN: Yesterday, about four hours before hearing any news of bombs at the Boston Marathon, I had gratefully deposited my tax checks in the mailbox at the Hoboken post office and I was heading to the gym about a block away. En route, I saw what we’ve called since...

What is living fully?

There are several consistent teachers in my life and Julia Cameron is definitely one of them. There is something persistently eye-opening about her work. The old stuff holds up. The new stuff gives me pause and usually more. The last weekend of 2012 I read Safe...

Knee as metaphor

I don’t often get personal in my Game Plan columns, but this week I learned a valuable lesson from a doctor visit regarding my injured knee and felt compelled to share. I write about fear a lot and it’s because I live a life — blessedly — where...

Rocking my foundation

I despise talking about all things medical. Truly can take about three minutes of it before I glaze over and don’t hear anymore. I tend to want to just take care of things and not dwell. So, yes, I am way over talking about my left knee. Thought to possibly be a...

Partnership and our light

I’m 50 years old and I’ve always been single. It makes some people uncomfortable and that used to bother me a lot. Now I see it clearly as a choice I made, just one that isn’t very popular in our country, where the American dream is equated with a a...