Weight Gain Can be a Form of Protection

It is a dark cold Monday morning in November. I returned from Gestalt Camp on Friday evening. I was tired when I got home so I stayed close to home all weekend. My big piece of work at camp was around my diet. I had lost around 50 pounds after I was diagnosed with...

Using Overwhelm As An Opportunity to Learn Something New

Do you ever feel like you’ve committed too much and you’re feeling overwhelmed with all you must do? The last year that Mike was alive he and John planted a garden. When he died in late June, I had no idea what to do with it. He liked to make salsa so there was an...

Finding Your Words

There is beauty in the lessons. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about lessons learned. What is life if not a time to learn? During my life, I’ve had many lessons. As a child, they were about ridicule and bullying. Children can be hateful and mean when someone is...