“Balanced emotions are crucial to intuitive decision making.”-Michael Eisner “There's a saying in Neverland that every time you breathe, a grown-up dies.” -J.M Barrie Peter Pan If the media told the story of the human experience through a trauma-informed lens could it lead to world peace? Yes. According to headlines women are either selfish hags, whores, damsels in distress,…Read more Telling Stories
Shrink Rap
“Anybody who can move, can dance.” -Norma Canner
“It’s the mind that makes the body.”-Sojourner Truth
Pick Up Sticks
Bend over and look- My Mother One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Knock at the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight: Nine, ten, A big fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Dig and delve; Thirteen, fourteen, draw the curtain, Fifteen sixteen, the maid’s in the kitchen, Seventeen, eighteen, she’s in…Read more Pick Up Sticks
We the Free
"I can't make you love me if you don't."-Bonnie Raitt Eradicating poverty, as with all cultural shifts, needs to take place in our hearts for real change to occur. Policies are the 10 Commandments, ABC's and 1,2,3's of giving a shit about your neighbor. Civil Rights are a law and yet they haven't eradicated racism.…Read more We the Free
Float On
Flip the script. The simplest way to prevent vicarious trauma, stress, worry, woe is to make our compassion, faith and love bigger than our fatigue, fear or hate. This might require a very big cup of coffee depending on the day. Once the formula becomes a permanent fixture in our minds we realize there's nothing…Read more Float On
One Rules
Try praying for someone you don't like. Try regarding a plant, flower or vegetable you think is 'ugly', smelly or tastes bad. Try looking at a mistake you made with compassion. Try rubbing your head and patting your stomach at the same time. If we can all do these things there's no need for rule…Read more One Rules
The Trouble with Fruits
"I have cherries by command." - Mary, The Cherry Tree Carol circa 1500 It's a metaphor tied to a pseudo gospel unendorsed by any formal church; meaning mostly white men in positions of power held since the dawn of time. Mary was excited because she got Joseph to give her something she asked for. Cherries,…Read more The Trouble with Fruits
Immaterial World
"I'm a material girl living in a material world."- Madonna The first big fight humans had was over goods from the original Pottery Barn. Distant cousins of German neanderthals apparently killed each other for artisan earthenware. I saw the pictures. I don't think a bowl with wavy lines on it is worth bloodshed but maybe…Read more Immaterial World
