I teach singing.  It’s what I do and I’m really very good at it.  I teach technique.  I teach interpretation. I make sure people are singing the right notes and are aware of the traditional styles in what they’re singing. …

Testing for my Black Belt 2018 I was in my 40s when I began martial arts training. Girls didn’t do that when I was growing up.  Girls took ballet.  I took ballet, and loved it. But I’ll be honest: nothing…

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” ― C.G. Jung I think we all know what compassion is.  We know it when we feel it.  We’re going through a particularly rough patch and someone is kind to us.  They…

Lessons of Grief Today marks the 20 year anniversary I lost my first baby.  I was, at the time, happily married and we were excited to start our family.  My pregnancy was planned, wanted and blissful.  I was six months…

Today I find myself thinking about growth.  There is a saying that if a tree stops growing, it is dying.  I have no idea if that’s technically true, but I do believe humans need to be lifelong learners.  Seeking knowledge…

I am never up for sunrise. This was captured after my grandmother’s memorial, up early to catch a flight from Florida back to LA. On this the Winter Solstice, I am reminded of the proverb “It is always darkest before…

The summit at Temescal Canyon Trail I have been training in martial arts for eight years and every year at this time, Master Turnhout exhorts us to make a Victory List and a Vision List.  The Victory List is everything…

Who are we without the mirror? What is identity?  It seems almost like a silly question.  I think unless you’ve had some sort of identity crisis it doesn’t even occur to you.  But it’s one of those things that’s actually…

What is fear? And what is fearlessness? As a two-time breast cancer survivor and mom to a special needs kid, I consider myself fairly fearless. I have lived with intense fear, crippling fear.  But I have gotten to a point…

“Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature” –Marilyn Monroe When I was staring down the barrel of my mastectomy, I attempted to find articles on sexuality after breast cancer and there are precious few.  Maybe the…