An invitation, not an accusation Perhaps you have heard yourself say, “I just haven't gotten back to normal since COVID.” Maybe friendships feel quieter. Invitations arrive less often. Working from home has become comfortable, yet there are moments when the house...

Anger can arrive before we have words for it: heat rising in the face after being dismissed, a jaw that will not unclench, an inner argument gathering speed on the drive home. Often, almost as quickly, another voice appears: I should not feel this. Good people do not...

There is something about autumn that invites us to loosen our grip. The leaves begin to let go. Gardens move toward rest. The days grow shorter, the light softer, and the landscape slowly releases what it no longer needs to carry. After the outward energy of summer,...

We all time travel. Just not in the way books and movies have taught us to imagine it. Sometimes a tone of voice can take us somewhere else. Someone becomes distant, and suddenly something inside us shifts. We walk into a room and feel uncomfortable before we can...

There are moments when we say things like: “I don't know what came over me.” “I completely shut down.” “I knew I shouldn't react that way, but I couldn't stop myself.” “I just wanted to get out of there.” “I said yes when I really wanted to say no.” Most of us have...

You Have Spent Enough Time Reading the Room: Learning to Read Yourself Again Some of us became very good at reading the room. We can walk into a space and immediately sense that something is different. We notice the change in someone's voice. The expression on their...