Breathing Room Blog Book Club — Chapter 21

The week of Thanksgiving! Here we are, friends! Today’s chapter — “Jiggling” — is about tricking our busy and buzzy minds by moving our bodies. I absolutely adore the opening quote by Richard Rohr: There is such wisdom in those words....

Breathing Room Blog Book Club — Chapters 19 & 20

I went to yoga this morning, and I never go that I don’t leave feeling courageous for having shown up. My practice is inconsistent and giantly labored and huffy and puffy, but oh well. I did it. I showed up and sweat every last molecule of liquid out of my pours...

Breathing Room Blog Book Club — Chapter 18

Good Wednesday morning to this precious crew! I just went back and reread Chapter 18 in Breathing Room, and I felt as though the words were for me . . . all over again . . . today. Because isn’t it true that learning to be compassionate to ourselves is a...

Breathing Room Blog Book Club — Chapter 17

Hi friends, Here’s what I know today: If you’ve read chapter 17, then you know the chapter is all about wanting life to be picture perfect — a real fantasy — and all the times we find ourselves in the soup. The absolute insanity of it all is...

Breathing Room Blog Book Club — Chapter 16

Dear precious friends, It’s actually a bit difficult for me to go back and read this chapter. The term PTSD comes to mind. The events of Chapter 16 are some of the most traumatizing and terrifying events of my life. Ever. Period. That flight from Amsterdam to...