Essays
To all the partners of medical professionals
This is hard. This is a stupid painful world. I’m here. I love you. I am so grateful you are in this world, that you do the work you do each day. I am grateful that this stupid world has you, and a million people like you, who work to make it better, safer, healthier. Thank you for bearing witness to death. People who would die alone have you there. Thank you. I love you. I am here. How can I help?
Writing a letter to yourself - an exercise in self compassion
May You Know Peace - words to say to yourself in the midst of life
Mind Wandering and Why You're Not Happy
It’s hard. I get it. There’s a ton swirling around. Alerts, buzzes, new emails, people who want something from you. It can feel like you’re just in a circus spinning plates and juggling knives. And change begins with just one small step. Anne Lammott writes about a friend who committed to just one moment of awareness each day of her new baby’s life. She knew there wouldn’t be time for meditation. She wouldn’t have energy or space. But she defined her own success as one small second - a moment sitting on the edge or the bed or the bath or while rocking the baby. Just a breath in and out. You can do it. We can do it. Slowly slowly.