“Pleasure is a freedom-song…” Kahlil Gibran Is there room for pleasure in a day that is packed full of caregiving? Small pleasures can often go unnoticed. Tich Nhat Hanh describes the pleasure in acknowledging the absence of a toothache. These small pleasures have something in common with the bigger ones—like a great orgasm or Read More
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Enough–A Radical Notion
Enough By David Whyte Enough. These few words are enough. If not these words, this breath. If not this breath, this sitting here. This opening to the life we have refused again and again until now. Until now Do you ever feel as if you aren’t measuring up? Or that there is something missing in Read More
A Change in the Weather
“A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.” Marcel Proust Last week, two women I know had big surprises that neither of them had hoped for. One Mom planned on a beautiful water birth with her partner and doula present. What she got was 20 hours Read More
Tich Nhat Hanh Inspires
The Great Bell Chant (The End of Suffering) from R Smittenaar on Vimeo.