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November 3rd: Inspiration
Today I spent time playing music with one of my favorite students. She is in college, preparing for her first big recital, where she will play the Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude. She is already an...
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November 4th: Letting Go with Awareness
When people sometimes choose to leave my life, or change the parameters of our relationship, I tend to think… Oh God, what did I do? It must have been something I said… some way I acted that brought...
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November 5th: Belonging
No matter how much I love to be an individual… there is something inside of me that longs to belong with the people I love, admire, and respect. But there are groups… groups that I have been a part of...
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December 21st: Bad Timing
I used to believe there was no such thing as bad timing in relationships. I thought that if someone didn’t want to be with me and used the words “bad timing” that it must have something to do with me....
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December 28th: Simple Gifts
Appreciating the simple gifts in life helps me to stay grateful: A laugh with a good friend. A book that I am given to enjoy. Breakfast at a favorite spot. A drive through a beautiful area. Finding...
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December 29th: Balance
Just recently I was invited to go out of town for a short overnight trip. Though I knew I would be surrounded by others who loved and cared for me on this mini-vacation… I began to find myself...
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January 21st: Self-Esteem
This morning I was speaking with a friend on the phone, when they brought up the topic of self-esteem. They were struggling with an issue, related to their own low self-esteem, and wanted my advice on...
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January 22nd: Inappropriate Behavior
Sometimes I slip back into old and familiar patterns and catch myself acting out and behaving inappropriately with others. It may be that I have allowed myself to become overwhelmed by my day-to-day...
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March 22nd: Responsibility
I used to always love to be considered the responsible one but today… I sometimes find myself shying away from the title. In the past, being responsible meant that I was the one to take on all of the...
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June 26th: The Serenity Prayer
I had grown up with prayer. When I was a small child, I would often pray when I was frightened or worried about a particular outcome. As a young adult… it was usually a plea for help when I knew that...
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September 2nd: Gratitude Journal
Keeping a Gratitude list helped me to stay grateful during my divorce. If I felt overwhelmed with my loss, I could take a moment and write down everything I still possessed. I found that I had many...
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September 8th: Limbo
My husband asked me for a divorce in January, we had been living apart since August, and by May of the next year, he still hadn’t filed the papers. I didn’t want to divorce. I had done everything in...
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September 21st: Structure and Routine
I heard once at an Al-Anon meeting that you should get up each day and immediately make your bed. I didn’t like this idea. My bed was my solace; the place I would fall back to throughout the day. If...
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September 22nd: Clarity
Often I would refuse to look at the reality of a situation because I was caught up in the fantasy: the projection, the image of what I wanted something to be. It could be very addictive living in my...
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September 23rd: Knowing
There is a scene in one of my favorite movies where the characters are talking about falling in love. The man in the scene says, “I didn’t love her because it was right. I just loved her.” And the...
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September 30th: Solitude
During my divorce, people were often close by me. Worried that I shouldn’t be alone, they wanted to fill my everyday with: “check up” phone conversations… or talk at the local coffee shop… or dinner...
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October 3rd: Time
When I was going through my divorce a friend said to me, “All you need is time. Time heals all pain.” Besides thinking… at that moment… that this sentiment was totally cliche, I was also incensed that...
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October 4th: Anger
During my divorce, I often felt angry. There were days when it seemed everyone was given the privileged to enjoy the “gift” of my wrath. I would snap at my children, my friends, my students, my...
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October 5th: Isolation
It’s easy to feel isolated when in the midst of a break-up. It often seems that everyone is “coupled-up.” That each pair seems happy and content. That you will never find someone of your own to love;...
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October 7th: Letting Go of Pain
It was hard for me to let go of my husband when we first went through our divorce. In the beginning, I so wanted to reconcile, that I would find just about any excuse to create contact with him. And…...
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