I said I would share a story today about the power of moving the body… what was I thinking? Today is how-can-anyone-not-be-voting day? Today is how can anybody-get-any-work-done-day? Today is I-get-why-democracy-is-worth-dying-for-day. Today is history-making. Today is hope-making. Today may be the day in which we collectively begin to turn away from fear-mongering and begin to [...]
Comfort During Fearful Times: Hope Making
November 4th, 2008 · 26 Comments
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Comfort During Fearful Times: Fear Reflects How Much You Care
October 27th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Right now, I’m afraid. Terrified even. I want to jump out from this computer and run screaming out of my office and straight back to bed. Pull the covers over my head. I’m thinking how good a lunch break would be even though it’s closer to breakfast than lunch. How much I wish I could [...]
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Comfort During Fearful Times: My Mom
October 22nd, 2008 · 27 Comments
My dad died two years ago today. I miss him every day. I achingly, desperately, want to hug him again. What I would give for one moment with him. To lay my head on his chest, hear him call out (I can’t write the actual sound he made, somewhere between hello and a happy bellow) [...]
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Comfort During Fearful Times: Don’t Forget the Comfort (Doh)
October 20th, 2008 · 12 Comments
A fantastically helpful email from a lionhearted spirit leads me to learn many things R. wrote me after the tele-comfort experience to say some groovy things that made me so happy for her, like… There was also something about how you talked about the need to address the feelings behind the fear… it felt less [...]


