When was the last time you did a "friendship check-up" with your close girlfriends? Everywhere I speak, teach and lead retreats lately, women are talking about friendships, connection and their desire for greater intimacy and authenticity with…

"And, there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do—determined to save the only life you could save."  ~Mary…

When we were teenagers, my brother Kert used to dance around the house singing, "It's beginning to look a lot like stress-mas, everywhere you turn ... " Growing up, we used humor in our household to keep things real! As we balance the light…