Close to the Bone For a long time, my life was like being displaced in some way, transient and fractured, forever exiled from my own body. I could not be or become comfortable, because at any moment the next evacuation might occur, where the alarms inside the head short circuit and scream ceaselessly even though […]

Photo by Floyd Rocker  Shiver, Chatter, Surrender Like most people, I am not a fan of pain. But sometimes there comes a time when we must do what we must do. And to heal one suffering, we must undergo a little of another. A few moons back, an earache called me to the acupuncturist. That […]

For Myself and My Foremothers The first time I felt god/source energy was at my mother’s death bed. My mother died of cervical cancer at age 43, when I was 16 years old. As we, myself and the spiritual healer, stood over my mom in prayer, holding hands, I felt it. A powerful surge of […]

We got to the hotel late Thursday evening…and it was not what I was expecting. We had to go 13 miles to check in because they only kept staff at their sister resort. We had a pretty large three-bedroom, three-bath condo right on the water…just the two of us. Way too much space for me […]

There are 3 things you should know: I was raised on my intuition by my psychiatrist father: an M.D. who also heals with his hands and crystals and taught me to use the I-Ching at 8 years old. I was encouraged to speak to my body when it hurt or was sick and ask it […]

I lost my mom when I was 25. She was my best friend. I was her anchor. With a challenging health condition, she depended on me much of my life. Our bond was very strong, and her death seemed impossible at the time. If I’m honest, sometimes it still does. After she died, I looked […]