Chronic Stress

Self Care Practices

Chronic stress takes an enormous toll on our bodies including our kidney/adrenals. The adrenal gland that sits like a little cap over the kidney’s produces a variety of stress hormones including adrenaline and cortisol. Both of which are meant to prepare the...

Guardians (A Hospice Visit)

Poetry

I heard that there were only days and a request  for me to visit. The stillness in the room was palpable as if even the furniture knew it was coming. The two cats her most loyal and fierce companions stood guard by the bed as if my very presence would hasten her...

Don’t Stop

Poetry

Don’t stopuntil Love has penetratedevery false beliefevery misguided assumptionand all the holding placesinside. Don’t stopuntil Love has softenedand gently releasedthe fear wound tightlyand rooted inyour nervous system. Don’t stopuntil rest is your...

There’s a Buddha on my Mantle

Poetry

There’s a Buddhaon my mantlethat teaches mehow to be patientwith myself. On the daysthat I forgethe prays for me. Unyielding devotion. On the dayswhen my viewgets very narrowand constrictedby fearI rest my gazeon himand I am remindedof loveof truthand the...

Sweetness

Poetry

I wondered “where is thesweetness I have so longed for?” And then I felt the warmthof the sun on my faceand the gentle caressof the wind on my arms. The sound of a hummingbirds wingsand the chirp of a chickadee. My puppy with her coldnose in the airsenses alive and...