Peonies, ranunculus, and eucalyptus leaves. If I’m at farmer’s market or the store, these are the bouquets I intuitively reach for. But if we’re driving, and from the corner of my eye I spot a herd of wild sunshiny daffodils, you better bet your bottom dollar, we’re jumping out for some off-road picking. So often, in fact, that my boys …
Why You are OK Even When You’re Not
Listen up, my friends. You who have experienced depression, situational depression or are moving into a season of growth and change. Today at the park, while my monkeys roamed God’s green earth, I sat on a blanket with a much needed Americano at my hip and read a life-changing passage from The Road Less Traveled, a book a CA soul …
When Your Spirit is Well but Your Soul is Not
The urologist moved the camera along my insides, while multiple doctors and nurses ducked in, and I believe at one point the Fed Ex guy even popped by for a sneak peek, their collective confusion evident. In my 30 years of being a urologist and doing thousands of these, I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s always fun to hear a specialist …
When Overwhelmed Thoughts Hover
Maybe that wasn’t me, she says softly. Maybe that’s who I thought I had to be. I listen to a friend, as she shares about how overwhelmed and anxious she feels. She has reached her limit. She’s scared. And it has her looking back at the way she used to respond. She is not alone. I feel it too. When we are …