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Soon after you board the plane, your flight attendant mentions the safety instructions. Recommending you put your oxygen mask on before helping others. Why...

Covid19. Coronavirus. Pandemic. Everything we are experiencing now touches on all things scary for me and for a lot of you. And to be honest, it is difficu...

Oh the irony - as I sat down to write the self-care Saturday post earlier today; my body had other ideas - and that idea was a nap. A long all-encompassing ...

The good old doldrums of winter. This past week was brutal, meetings starting at 6:30 a.m. You read my late night motivation post - 6:30 a.m. wasn't really...

I even surprised myself a little with this turn around. I'll explain. You know that sinking feeling something is off and no-one knows you better than you. ...

The best back-to-work Christmas gift I gave to myself. I believe it was the second week back to work after the holiday siesta. It also happened to be a Mond...

When I was discharged from Indiana University Hospital, they did it right. I mean, they thought of everything we would possibly need after being hospitalize...

It is really hard to believe it is almost a new decade - 2020. This year, I am approaching the new year a little different with a lot of intention. I've bee...

Four years ago, a resident came into my hospital room to check on my surgical drains. See, I had just had a Distal Pancreatectomy and Splenectomy. A distal...

Night owl. Insomnia. 8 hours. Ambien. So much dialog today about our sleep. Are you getting enough sleep? Are you getting the right sleep? Why do I alway...

Today was the quintessential November day. The permeating grey. You know the shade, it's feels like 5:00 the whole day long, the grey that only November ca...

In early June, tens-of-thousands of lightning bugs gather in swarms and flash in harmony as the entire forest alternates between light and darkness. This th...

It was not until last week that I was faced with how delicate sobriety really is. As I look for images to depict what I am trying to convey with my words, I...

Gatlinburg, TN recently opened the longest suspension bridge in North America. It sways in the wind, rocking side to side and up and down. When you first st...

Second place is the first loser. Second place is a recurring theme in my life, "second place" has transformed and shaped who I am today. As I've been think...

** Transparency Post** It is a beautiful summer day. You have on a cute new outfit. You look great! You are up for a promotion at work with many new excit...

"Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory" Triggers are happening around us all the time. A trigger in psychology is a stimulus such as a smell...

Say what? There is a seven week event that is bringing together my new love of yoga with my old love of grace combining it with healing and writing.... WHAT...

As I write about balance, I realize now more than ever, people are striving for this in their lives. Balance comes in physical forms, emotional forms, and ...

As you may have just read in my previous entry - I lost my beloved Louie over a month ago. I did not anticipate the grief to be as it has been. Let me tell ...