Suffering is optional

Suffering is optional

by | Jul 31, 2023 | Resilience

Once again, I heard this in yoga class…but it’s so so so true. So easy to forget, but so so so true. Pain happens. Sometimes pain really, really happens. But how much I suffer with it is at least somewhat in my control…and therefore optional. I know my yoga instructor...
Sitting with the messiness

Sitting with the messiness

by | Jul 10, 2023 | Resilience

I was on the phone with a client the other day, reminding them that being human and messy is normal and good. It’s still something I’m learning, day by day, and it’s also something I can teach and share. I feel particularly messy right now, and I’m sitting with it and...
If you’re struggling, you’ve gone too far

If you’re struggling, you’ve gone too far

by | Jun 12, 2023 | Resilience

I am back at my yoga practice! First time since New Year’s – my last surgery. In fact, I am back at the studio! First time since…well since before it all began. Since April, 2022. There are no words for how amazing it feels. How grounding. How healing. How grieving....
The cancer is both very real and very surreal right now

The cancer is both very real and very surreal right now

by | May 8, 2023 | Resilience

Last week was my full-out “cancerversary.” It’s been a year since my “everything-ectomy” and the diagnosis. A year since I first heard someone say to me, “As someone who has cancer…” (The attending doctor was explaining that, as someone who had cancer and some other...
I’m letting go of my deeply engrained guilt

I’m letting go of my deeply engrained guilt

by | Apr 24, 2023 | Recovery, Resilience

Perhaps there’s something about being raised in a cult that carves guilt and shame deeply into one’s psyche. (Trust me there is.) Perhaps it’s something that many, if not all, of us have had inflicted into us, one way or another. Either way, I am realizing more and...