What can a heart-centered leader do in the face of exhaustion? How to hold the idea of rest when there is so much suffering?

A woman loves, for thirty-one years, a person who was attached to power and control over the destiny of his life. Her belief was that if she extended her power over him, somehow he would get better.

A conversation about one man’s experience in a men’s mutual support group.

Leaning into finding as much help as possible when confronted with the duality between the history of your trauma history with the desire to disassociate and the wish to connect even deeper with people, children, and partners.

Our own disease or distress can have meaning and be a kind of medicine that can help us better understand ourselves and what we have gone through.

We all lose when someone has to spend all of their time, energy, and personal resources on coping with scarcity.

Feeling the incredible hopelessness of doing all the right things and knowing that it’s not enough; that you need to find the courage and strength within yourself to take the journey of healing.

As you listen to this, take a breath and let it into your soul. A woman who is articulate and clear about her vision of a community where it holds individuals’ struggles. Listen to the dream.

How do we move out of our isolation and loneliness to welcome vulnerability and being in relationship with others?

From the dining room table to a support group to an AA meeting, sitting and saying hello and goodbye to each other to bring comfort, growth, and ‘magic moments’ to our lives.