I traveled from New York to Provincetown this weekend. It’s a journey that involves driving to my mom’s house in Massachusetts, stashing my car there, getting a ride to the ferry with my bicycle and then biking through town to the little Inn where I’m staying. So many logistics, but…

On Father’s Day I reflected that a big part of who I am is based on what is missing from my life. Maybe you can relate. The blank spots on the canvas are sometimes more powerful to the overall picture than the myriad of shapes and colors that tell the…

Poet Philip Levine once wrote: How weightless words are when nothing will do. I felt the impact of that sentiment last week against the backdrop of all heartbreaking news about gun violence in the US. I fell into an old, familiar trap. Maybe you’re familiar with it too. It’s the…

A strange wave of heat rolled through New York this weekend. Bringing summer before spring had even finished packing her bags. The dogs didn’t like it. Instead of nudging and begging for their afternoon walk, they splayed themselves out on the cold slate floor for hours, like puzzle pieces, laying…

I had a session recently with a client who was confused about the concept of “compromise” in a relationship. When we dug deeper we realized that we weren’t actually talking about compromise. Because compromise is when 2 people split the difference and meet halfway between what each of them wants. What we…

I remember feeling plagued with self doubt at the very beginning of launching my private coaching practice. I kept asking myself: “Am I ready?” Which also translated, through the lens of my Ego, into: “Am I worthy?” Which was another way of asking: “Who am I to coach other people…

Yesterday was Mother’s Day in the US. How was the day for you? Like the old saying goes: whatever we bring focus to in our lives expands. But when it comes to national holidays (or national events or big headlines in general), the focus of the collective is directed by…

Mahatma Gandhi wrote: The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I think the same could be said for the way a nation treats its mothers. On a very personal level, I got a taste of judicial matricide during…

There’s a teaching in Buddhism about the difference between the finger pointing at the moon and the moon itself. This is a teaching which refers to our tendency as human beings to become IDENTIFIED with aspects of our experience which are not who we truly are.⠀ We say: “I’m mad” instead of…