Renee Zellweger’s Academy Award-winning performance as Judy Garland in the film Judy eloquently portrayed the hopelessness hidden beneath the studied appearance of a seemingly bright and happy woman, a movie star who by all rights should have “had it all”. In her acceptance speech, Zellweger…
Current research has discovered that the heart is the regulatory organ, not the brain. In order to feel safe and secure, the head and the heart have to be in coherence. Stressful emotions such as anger, frustration, and anxiety create irregular and erratic heart beats, or what…
A little over three years ago my fiancé, Laurence Freedom, died of a sudden heart attack. Everything that I’d learned about grief from having lost my father the same way when I was eleven years old (and subsequently, becoming a therapist) didn’t seem to help.…
This morning I couldn’t wait to watch the new Netflix show The Call to Courage with Brene’ Brown, so I grabbed my coffee, chia yogurt and strawberries and went “all in.” Tears and laughter for almost an hour and a half. Gratitude, joy, vulnerability and…
Today was a big day! I finished my FINAL edit on Letters to Freedom: From Fear to Love to Grace, A Memoir of Grief and Relationship. AND, I talked with a young twenty-something computer guy who talked me through this process of blogging!! YES, I…
When my first daughter was born in 1980, women had begun to enter the workforce in record numbers, breast-feeding was the preferred feeding option, and the question of whether or not to let your baby cry was in the forefront of a mother’s mind. Times…