A lighthearted song...I hope it brightens up your day, bringing back some good memories--your own or maybe your kids' or grandkids'.

I let the pictures whisper, or call out, so they become like dream images, leaving more room for revelation, for mythic or mystical meaning.

Something so beautiful & unusual that it follows you around for days, rising again & again from hidden stairways of your heart...

An absurd fantasy--I mentally roll my eyes when I read it. Yet when I decided to write about mindfulness this week that essay came to mind.

Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week "I am alright right now." In this present moment, just as you are right now, are you okay? Reading this...

Beauty is all around me--it hasn't gone away. The trees, the sky, a bird, an odd little insect. How to breathe in beauty & be in the world?

The good news is that your child is there before you, and your arms are available: Hugging is possible.

What happens when someone tells you, "Don't think about that!" "That" being your current big problem or concern. It's like saying...

Here is the list of all the tools in all the toolkits so far. Or consider it an atlas of maps. Take what you like and leave the rest!

Hands are incredibly, marvelously, terribly important. We've all become hugely aware of that over the last few weeks...

This toolkit is about slowing down...being kind to ourselves..relaxing... even having a little fun.

The most effective tools--all can either be done while doing something else or only take a few seconds.

A new edition of the Anti-covidanxiety toolkit including your contributions, complete with cartoons.

Here's the toolkit I am using to stay sane, to move through and beyond what I am calling covidanxiety. You could call them seeds of sanity.

Eeyore is almost always lugubrious, but also endearing. A caricature. Who among us never complains, never over-dramatizes their problems?

Feeling good can be pretty scary for some of us. But if you start with a tiny bit, it can be easier...drop by drop...

If you miss noticing a beautiful tree you may have less pleasure in your life. If you miss a stalking lion you may not have a life at all.