Acceptance and body issues

“I want my body back.” I’ve heard myself say this a number of times in the last few months. Sometimes in anguished frustration under my breath. Sometimes while sharing with family and friends. Sometimes in wonderment. Sometimes in prayer.  The statement can mean so...

Traveling to a Place of Expansiveness

GAME PLAN: There are books I read and there are books I devour. And sometimes I am so called to read a certain something that I break my steadfast rule of not finishing the book I’ve already started to dive in to the new one. Enter Learning to Breathe by...

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...

Interior design sparks life design? Oh yeah

GAME PLAN: A few years ago I bought four really cool chairs to put around my kitchen table. They were two sets, actually, that I decided would look great together. Used and refurbished, white wrought iron with seats that had been re-covered in yellow and gold tones....

It’s Not About PC, It’s About ‘C’

GAME PLAN: I’m happy to see President Obama apologized for commenting on California attorney general Kamala Harris’ good looks recently. Not because I was horrified or felt it made him a misogynist. I don’t think he is. But I do think he’s smart and evolved enough to...