by TAadministrator | Oct 12, 2015 | Food, Habits, Health, Love, Meditation, Sleep
It’s that time of year again. The weather is cooling, the leaves are changing, I’m starting to dig out warmer jackets for my kids and we are all starting to sleep with pajamas! Twice a year I like to cleanse my body by cutting out certain food groups to reset my...
by TAadministrator | Sep 15, 2015 | Buddhism, Empathy, Love, Tonglen (practice of exchange)
Sometimes people hurt us: intentionally or unintentionally. Some times we know we are hurt – right away, the words have slipped out or the door is slammed in our faces. We immediately recognize the hurt – our heart rate rises, we might notice our breath...
by TAadministrator | Aug 25, 2015 | Love, parenting
Having a break from your regular life, by going away, gives you perspective. It gives you a chance to miss (or not) your friends, pets and family and your belongings. When you return – you look differently at things and people, because you realize that you...
by TAadministrator | Aug 18, 2015 | Gratitude, Love, Meditation, Mindfulness, parenting, Yoga
I’ve just spent seven days on a yoga/hiking retreat. It was the first time I had traveled without a friend or my family since 1998. As a mother, it can be hard to get away and to find a way to do it in a mostly guilt-free way. My parents play a hugely active...
by TAadministrator | Jun 30, 2015 | Love, parenting
One year ago today, July 1st, 2014, my former husband walked out of the family vacation and out of our marriage for good. It was the fourth time he had walked out & the first time that I did not take him back. Once I got over the shock of him abandoning his...
by TAadministrator | Mar 16, 2015 | Brain, Habits, Love, Memory, parenting
I am really interested in this phenomena that I am noticing around the issue of recording and sharing experiences. There seems to be a real need to record all events in one’s life – and I definitely fall prey to this: I have found myself narrating my experience...
