Healing Through Love and Friendship

Posted by | January 14, 2018
The Antidote to Compassion Fatigue

If you cannot offer money, can you offer love?  Can you offer your presence?  Can you offer your friendship?  Can you offer respect?  Can you offer your prayers?  Can you...

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Posted by | January 2, 2018
Choose Love or Anger in 2018

Perhaps you know the story of Luther Burbank, who wanted to grow a variety of spineless cactus.  He told the cactus each day that it was safe with him, that...

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Posted by | December 13, 2017
Laila and the Smithereens

Other people were looking at me.  I’m a very nice and very gentle dog who happens to look like a wolf.  They were initially scared of sitting so close to...

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Posted by | November 17, 2017
Enlightened Masculine, At Your Service

Andrew radiates a sweetness of spirit and a desire to help.  He's one of those authentically delightful people.  I left his coffee shop feeling uplifted, and that feeling helped me...

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Posted by | October 29, 2017
From Things Back To Queens

I now suggest that my clients who are healing from a history of abuse buy themselves a tiara to remind us of the Queens we are.  I recently gave a...

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Posted by | October 27, 2017
Transforming #@$% Growth Through Love

As Prince said at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards:"A real friend and mentor cares for your soul as much as they do their own.  This world...

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Posted by | October 3, 2017
Transforming Horror Through Comfort

What do we say to comfort the survivors of someone who was brutalized to death? Do we even have useful words to share with the family of someone who was...

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Posted by | September 10, 2017
Transforming Trauma Through Love

With so much happening in the world in this moment (wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes, for starters) each of us is being invited to make a positive difference in the...

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Posted by | August 7, 2017
Through The Walls To Friendship

A young cashier, less than half my age, always smiled at me when I'd pay for my purchases at the health food store. He didn't criticize me when I frequently...

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Posted by | May 10, 2017
How To Learn To Love When You Don’t Like

Can we learn to love someone we don't like?  With Mother's Day on the horizon and with so many relationships of all kinds in transition, I'm here to share the...

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