You have been warned, this story is quite gross. Working in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) requires nerves of steel and an iron gut. As a nurse, this is the battlefield where you care for the sickest of the sick. Daily you wage war against chronic disease. Unfortunately, at this…

A Story From School Car Line — I started meditating in 2017. I was just grasping at straws, really. I guess some would call it a mid-life crisis. Regardless of how you label it, everything was spiraling out of control and I was struggling to hold all of my shit together. I was a nurse in an…

Oh, how I love a good rabbit hole. I recently dove into a gorge of guilt-laden goodness that brought to light the idiotic, unevolved thought processes in human history. I particularly love the ones that have to do with medical history. Like when they prescribed smoking cigarettes as a medical…

Seasonal Affective Disorder: Balancing Mental Health During the Winter Months — I often think of how we are all spinning on a giant blue and green ball, suspended in a vast dark nothingness. I like to remind my kid of this often as well. Attempting to wrap my head around the miraculous and bizarre nature of our existence, I am reminded…

How to Find Motivation When It Doesn’t Want to Be Found — Creating positive change in our lives is one of the most beneficial and rewarding actions we can take for our health and wellness. It is also so very difficult. Ridding ourselves of bad habits and unhealthy behaviors can sometimes feel like chasing a unicorn. To experience real change, we have…

4 Things to Keep In Mind to Slow the Aging Process Nutrition — Ok, no one wants to hear the old adage “you are what you eat” — but you literally ARE. The foods we choose break down and become the building blocks of our physical bodies. As our cells…

How to expand awareness for a beautiful life. The human brain is extraordinary. Through human thought and creativity we have constructed a world that our ancestors never could have imagined. With each generation, our intelligent contributions to this world become more complex and life altering. When I think of what…

Over the past few years, we have heard quite a bit about awareness, living in the now, how the present moment is all that we have…blah, blah, blah. I am not here to be repetitive, to tell you more about the importance of present moment awareness. Wait a minute, yes…

Self-compassion begins with the relationship we have with ourselves. — Most of us are steadfast in protecting the people we love the most. If you mess with my husband, sister, best friend or child, you are messing with me. …