what’s your intent today?

When corporate accidents happen, people look to the CEO for answers.  And in the case of the recent oil spill caused by British Petroleum (BP), the company ha

I’ve learned to love my body, slowly, over several decades, part by part.  Pregnancy and m

Parenthood is an inordinately challenging task.

A few months ago, my daughter Ayla and her little friend were busy exploring a pumpkin farm when the topic of Halloween arose amongst the parents.   One mother explained that she was in l

Last week, I wrote about my daughter’s all-out protest against winter and my

Music, like birth, is an enigma. Neuroscientists can’t pin down a specific part of the brain that is dedicated to music.

It has been eighteen months since I painstakingly helped Ayla latch on for the first time.  In those first days and weeks, I was certain that I wouldn’t last past three months.  But

Like coal miners, parents plunge deep into dark and untrammeled spaces, searching for nuggets of goodness and truth along the way.   And sometimes, like coalminers, we get lost.  We