Caring Matters
Most illnesses are due to one single reason. Failing to honor who we really are. We are in a state of dis-ease because we are not at ease with who we are. In today’s world, [Read More]
The core of our self-development is how our parents and caregivers responded to our needs and emotions. Havard University’s Center on The Developing Child calls this ping-pong of human interaction the serve and return of [Read More]
Recently, Prateik Babar, son of the late Indian actress Smita Patil, spoke of his recovery from addiction, “I was a fool who permitted love to drive me to self-destruction, all the while hoping I could [Read More]
I love the song The Passenger by Iggy Pop “I am a passenger And I ride and I ride I ride through the city’s backside I see the stars come out of the sky Yeah, [Read More]
I feel a deep connection to the model actress Isabella Rossellini, It was around 1984, and at age 17 I was diagnosed with scoliosis. I happened to come across an old magazine carrying an interview [Read More]
Usually, when planning for a baby, the typical things most women focus on are eating healthy, baby clothes, doctors, and maternity leave. Those things are important but there some things that most women fail to [Read More]
Just happened to come across a wonderful song ‘Grateful’ which echoed my current state of mind. Yes, sometimes we find it is hard to be grateful for our life but we need to find that [Read More]
Feelings of shame can be excruciatingly painful. The voices and sometimes unvoiced reactions of disgust or hate become encoded in our unconscious. Usually, the toxic emotion of shame is the legacy given to us by [Read More]
Healing our personal wounds takes time, patience and courage. When I was given the diagnosis of scoliosis at age 17 that I would be twisted and deformed. I felt my life had ended. My only [Read More]
I was 17 years old when I got the official diagnosis that I had scoliosis. Official because my father had noticed something was amiss with my back 2 years earlier, but thought I was doing [Read More]