Belonging: Our Very Important Tribal Need

Belonging: Our Very Important Tribal Need

Oprah’s new series “The Me You Don’t See” is an enormously well-crafted and deeply moving series.  In that series, Oprah focuses her most amazing gifts on our mental health needs as humans.  And the shining truth that emerged for me in her beautiful work is that we...
The Dance of the Big Hunger

The Dance of the Big Hunger

In his lovely book, “A Mantis Carroll,” Laurens Van der Post, tells us about the intersection between the ancient and the modern.  Surprisingly, the tale reveals that man’s distant ancestors, the Bushmen of the Kalahari, shared a search for meaning...
Perfection is the Open Heart

Perfection is the Open Heart

Isn’t it amazing that you can meet a person, a perfect stranger, and very quickly feel a connection? When I saw my husband for the first time, 38 years ago, on the Orient Express, I was backpacking with my roommate from college. We were en route to Greece, and he was...
Courage, the Cornerstone of Growth

Courage, the Cornerstone of Growth

“Let me not beg for the stilling of pain, but for the heart to conquer it” Rabindranath Tagore The word courage contains in its root the French word ‘coeur’ (i.e. heart).  In its etymology, courage implies an ability to face negative circumstances with a heart full of...