When my husband and I moved into our current home, we discovered that it had an unusually sensitive smoke alarm system. Because the alarms were connected and wired all throughout the house, when one alarm was triggered, the high pitched blaring was all over the entire home. The sound was not just located in one […]
Katharine
The Paradox of Love & Loss
Grief is a force of energy that cannot be controlled or predicted… Grief does not obey your plans, or your wishes. Grief will do whatever it wants to you, whenever it wants to. In that regard, Grief has a lot in common with Love. -Elizabeth Gilbert Courage is defined two ways. The first […]
COVID & Menopause as Initiation
When I entered into Menopause, my world flipped absolutely upside down seemingly overnight. Initially I said to myself, “I can handle this. Hot flashes are nothing other than a kind of purification.” BAH! Hot flashes are HORRIBLE! Once my symptoms began to be emotional, spiritual as well as physical, I […]
Conversations about Trauma, Violence, and Recovery
In the summer of 2018 I was invited to be a part of a panel discussing how to work with trauma. The discussion took place after the play Extremities by William Mastrosimone was performed. The play is about rape and power and what could happen if a victim found a way to take her […]
Gentle Yoga: A Practice for Trauma Outside of Session Time
We now know that our bodies both contain and store emotional pain as well as our traumatic memories. People often don’t appreciate that symptoms of PTSD can be experienced, oddly enough, as both intrusive as well as avoidant. Intrusive symptoms can be experienced as flashbacks, nightmares, as well as physical pain and anxiety including panic […]