I spend the majority of my working day sitting with people whose lives sometimes feel chaotic, fraught with pain and confusion. They carry into my office years of baggage that may harken back to childhood experiences. They unpack their emotions and my role is to assist them in sorting through the piles, attempting to make…

A few years ago, I wrote a Bliss Blog about the difference between being ‘God-fearing’ vs. ‘God-loving’. It was based on a roadside encounter I had with a police officer who came to my rescue when I ran out of gas on a windy November night. It has remained with me all this time and…

As I am writing this, I am at the end of a long day that began with teaching mindfulness for four to eleven- year -olds at a summer camp that is part of a day care center. We laughed, stretched, meditated, danced, played, chanted and chatted about relationships, feelings, ways of managing stress and experiencing…

Had quite a revelation a few days ago, courtesy of my BFF Barbara Cohen. We were talking about a series of conversations I had recently with two other friends, Ondreah Johnson and Beth Nolan. Ondreah is facing the life-changing condition of cancer and Beth’s companion cat just died unexpectedly. Added to that, I officiated at a memorial service a…

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