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This week I had set out to write a post about vulnerability.  But I realized that it was difficult to write about vulnerability…almost as...

The other day, a well meaning individual said to me, “I don’t know how you do it all.  I know you are really busy.  Why don’t you let me...

As I look through my blog, I realize that I have written a lot recently about self care.  Why it is important, how and why we should do...

This past Friday, I had a lovely morning.  It had been a hectic week prior, between work, adjusting to the start of school, and other...

I was driving my kids to school this morning, when I started to feel that familiar feeling creep in around 7:50 am.  That inner...

Dear Lakshmi, Today, you turn ten years old.  You are turning a corner, a decade of life, moving into the double digits.  I can’t believe...

Hello pain.  It’s me, Monisha. I know.  When we think of pain, we think of a difficult thought, situation, feeling, reaction, physical...

My patient sat quietly, his hands resting in his lap, gazing out the window.  Therapy.  We had already covered the major areas of life,...

I have been working hard at gratitude lately.  I know that sounds kind of strange to say.  I always imagined that being thankful would...

In last week’s post, I shared my intention to bring a little more laughter into my life.  It is amazing how something so simple, can...

As I write this, the clock reads 11:37 pm, and it is Friday night.  I am sitting in my darkened bedroom, typing as quietly as possible...

An astute reader read my post last week, and wrote to me, “Thank you for sharing the ‘why” of your mindfulness practice…but do you mind...

About a month ago, I facilitated a mindfulness session for a group of about fifteen people.  It was a group of engaged, young...

I am so happy to be back after my month long vacation from blogging.  This was the first time I had missed a week since starting my blog,...

I think this is one of the more difficult posts I have written over the last couple of years.  So I will just put it out there now, to...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about how we are all worthy, independent of what we do, earn, look like, or accomplish.  I have been...

It is hard to define exactly what mindfulness is…the more I start to delve more deeply into an understanding of what role mindfulness...

I have been hearing whispers of the same emotion all around me these days.  A dear, dear friend, going through a terrible break up,...

Recently I have been exploring the world of online writing groups.  My current group is run by a beautiful writer and coach, and consists...

As a psychiatrist, I spend a great deal of time with my patients examining the past.  We reflect on our histories in order to better...