This past week my husband and I received a very special surprise gift from our children: a beautifully framed family photo from our daughter's wedding this past summer. It was a remarkable moment, captured on film, worthy of goosebumps.   My husband and I were so...

For many of us the Gregorian Calendar New Year represents more than just parties and resolutions. It is also a time of deep introspection, a time to review the year that is coming to an end, and to assess what is possible for the year ahead. For me, 2022 has been a...

I have often considered myself to be an “in-betweener” or what I would call a floater. This stems from the fact that I find myself moving between things and often feeling like I don't really belong to any definitive group or category. I find myself hovering,...

This past week my husband lost one of his best friends and dearest companions, his mother, of blessed memory, who was nearly 94 years old. My dear mother-in-law, Magda Klein was so remarkable, that even in her passing, she continued to bless us. As she surrendered and...

Commitments are a huge part of life. We make physical commitments, emotional, social and even spiritual ones. We make commitments as big as vowing to spend the rest of our lives together with someone and as small as saying our daily affirmations. We commit to values...

"The paradox is the appearance of contradiction between two related components. Although light and darkness seem to be opposites, you can't have one without the other—the opposing elements of a paradox are inextricably linked…they actually complement and inform each...

I have always believed that words carry energy and that our cells pick up on that energy. So, in writing and conversing, I pay attention and try to select my words with intention. I choose to replace words like deadline with time limit or hate with really dislike....

It has been said that we are currently in the midst of a chronic pain epidemic. Thankfully, it has also been said that “This is a spectacular time for the neuroscience of pain.” Studying pain circuitry with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), neuroscientists...

My most recent fascination has been with what is known as Stoicism, which seems to have become the “new Zen.” Stoicism is a school of philosophy that was founded in Athens. The philosophy states that “Virtue (meaning, chiefly, the four cardinal virtues of...

As a student of life, I’m a collector of books. I may not be the fastest reader, but I am a passionate one. Books have also become my friends and most loyal companions. I purchase them to support my favorite writers and so I can annotate and diarize my thoughts within...