Compassion

LICORICE AND ANXIETY: SIN BOLDLY

You know how we all have a weak spot in our diet; that thing we cannot seem to control when the impulse arises. Years ago mine was black...

HOW DOES YOUR BODY TALK TO YOU?

Sarah sits before me with tears in her eyes. “I feel like something is wrong with me. I’m degenerating, and I don’t know what to do.” At...

UNDAMN YOUR ILLNESS

Undamn your illness or your body. Open an alternative to your compulsive, unexamined certainty that you know what your body or your...

COMPASSION FOR YOUR BODY

Listening compassionately to our body is the primary skill in healing chronic, degenerative diseases. I am not against using conventional...

KINDNESS: THE PROTECTOR OF THE PERSECUTED

Criticizing yourself because you are sick or overweight or because you are not taking better care of yourself is self-persecution. Once...

GENTLENESS IS POWER

Our body is our most precious friend and servant. It is completely dependent upon us for wellbeing. It speaks to us constantly, telling...