Through the Eyes of a Child
I am constantly taken aback by the way my children find delight in even the most mundane things. In fact, one my my clearest memories of...
Friendly Reminder: What Goes Up, Must Come Down
In many spiritual practices, the aim is to remain steady. Steady emotions, steady thoughts, steady actions lead to inner calm. Inner calm...
Finding Solace In The Small
I went out to dinner with a very dear friend the other night. When people say things fall apart, her current situation is pretty much an...
The Intangible Factor
My grandmother often did it. My sister-in-law does it now. They give me recipes they want me to have, want to pass down as family...
Giving Freely
Over the past month, I have been trying out a concept that seems revolutionary to me: the key to a satisfying relationship is simply...
Wherever I Go, There I Am
Back in the mid-90s, I was on a college tour in Boston when I came across a bookshop in Copley Square. One of the first books I saw as I...
How to stop procrastinating
Procrastination, the action of delaying or postponing, is something all of us struggle with in some areas or at some point in our...
Sometimes it just sucks
I am very much a Pollyanna, always seeing the bright side and believing everything happens for a reason. It’s why I mesh so well with LYB...
Rending the Veil of (Virtual) Appearances
When I was working at a large NGO in my mid-twenties, we had a boss who split her time between two offices. One day, she showed up at our...
Summer Reading
Whether you are able to get away for a beach vacation this summer, or are stuck at home with no vacation days left, here are some novels...