Yoga: If It’s Good Enough For the A-Listers
Let me tell you something about me, in about 8 days time, my life is about to explode and I will become an over-scheduled, sometimes cranky, workaholic for the…
Blog Month: August 2014
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Celebrities are Humans Too
I have been spending the afternoon glancing at celebrity gossip sites, and reading the many comments those kinds of sites bring. And I have to ask, have we forgotten that…
Laughter in the Face of Mental Illness
This weekend, I had the opportunity to see the comedy/spoken word one man show Fruitcake: Ten Commandments of the Psych Ward, by Rob Gee. It was a wonderful production. The…
It’s Gonna Get Better -It’s Just Gotta
Depression has been a big topic in the news lately. And I won’t lie to you, depression is hard, really hard. The isolation, the silence, and the noise, and on…
What Robin Williams Taught Me
Like the rest of the world, I have been grieving the loss of Robin Williams. I have had a hard time talking about his death. And now that there has…
Privacy Is Needed For Grieving Families
For most of us, when a family member dies we are granted the gift of grieving in private. Our closest friends may call and send flowers and notes of sympathy,…
RIP Robin Williams
It is being reported by several reputable news sources that Robin Williams passed away this morning, at the age of 63, from an apparent suicide by asphyxiation. He was…
The Best Friend Problem
Best friends are sacred. They are to be treasured. They are our playmates when we are children, partners in crime when we are adolescents, and our confidants when we reach…
Rape Jokes Are Not Funny
There are times when I read something, and I shake my head in disbelief, wondering what prompted that kind of response. When I read about this Kirstie Alley tweet, I…
Stage Fright – I Have It!
Dearest Readers, Today you will encounter a new voice on this blog (mine). I have to tell you, I am more than a little nervous about it. In fact, until…