I found myself waiting a lot this December. In fact, a number of people, classes, and events I had been in the process of scheduling got put on hold until the new year. The result: I found myself waiting for January. So I waited. I went on hiatus for the first time in...
Two weeks ago, I had an amazing conversation with a young adult student of mine. We were talking about body surfing, and he was explaining to me how it is done. I said, “Wow, you must be really good at it; it sounds like you know a lot about it.” He...
We talk about what we want all the time. From an early age, we dream about who we want to be, about where we want to go, and about all the people and things that will populate our world once we get to that “goal.” What no one prepares us for- at least not...
My entire life, I felt bursts of emotion at key junctures of my development as a person; as a child and a student, these emotional bursts occurred when I was asked to do something that, for whatever the reason, felt like it was a compromise to my well-being, my...
