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 expressed through the dance of the Big Hunger. One lone Bushman, “parachuted” by an accident […]
Conflict: A Door to Greater Intimacy
The secret to a good partnership, any partnership, be it a marriage, an enduring lifelong friendship or a business partnership, is to capture the opportunity for greater understanding through the door of conflict. My thirty-year-old son told me the other day, “Relationships are hard, Mom. While you and Dad had conflict in your relationship and […]
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 backpacking on his way […]
Mishap Fertility and the Cloak of Invisible Grief
Anyone who has gone through a miscarriage will tell you, if you care and take the time to listen, of the eviscerating gut wrenching experience of loss that takes over your body, heart and mind. Then there is the agony of actually getting your cycle when your whole heart hopes for the very opposite, a […]
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 determination. The ability to examine one’s heart and […]
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