
Living with Fibromyalgia
I have a confession to make... I have lived with a chronic pain problem since I was 18…..but except for my medical practitioners, family and close friends, no one knows. It is just something I have lived and dealt with for a very long time. I never wanted to be...

Empty Nesting as a Single Mom
By early March 2020, I had settled more comfortably into being a semi-empty nester with my sophomore daughter away at college out of state, except for summer and winter breaks. I had gone back to studying Japanese twice a month, I was working about 70% remotely, I was...

How do you stay centered and grounded?
The Power of Intentional Breathing This past year has offered us many opportunities to explore or renew our commitment to ways to manage stressful times. With everything going on around us, which stirs up emotions in us, it can be difficult to find our “peaceful”...