Years ago, I started a nonprofit initiative in Austin, TX that focused on supporting parents of teens. Here's the lament that I heard regularly when one of our parent's children was struggling: "It's so hard for me to feel joy or happiness when…

My husband and I are in the middle of several huge life transitions. We're pulling up 30-year roots, selling our sweet Austin, TX home and hoping to build a creative dream in the mountains of Western NC. There's much more, but needless to say…

“If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbath - our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart attack, our accidents create Sabbath for us.” ― Wayne Muller, Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and…

Many people are struggling right now and barely keeping their heads above water. I was visiting with an old friend yesterday who is battling depression. “It comes and it goes, but when it returns, I often freeze and forget what helps me the…