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Embracing Inefficiency
In leading a life with multiple moving parts, I often prize myself on how I can fit those pieces together in the most sensible manner...
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75 Posts and Counting
I realized as I sat down to write this week, that this is my 75th post. I was tempted to continue on with what I was previously...
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The First Time
I was blessed this past week to host two teenagers, Vijay and Bhavani, who were visiting the United States from Bangalore India. Vijay...
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Loving Ourselves First
How do we earn our own love? This has been on my mind lately, as it seems to be a recurring theme within my patients. And yet if we look...
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Falling Asleep
Tonight, I laid down with my son to put him to sleep. We don’t often do this, but tonight was somehow different. I laid down next to...
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My Two Hands
As a student of meditation, I realize I find tremendous strength in stillness. In silence, I find the ability to surrender to the...
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Starting Small
I don’t know about you, but I often feel overwhelmed by the state of affairs these days. I feel overwhelmed by the dishes that are...
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Raising A Grateful Generation
This month, I was fortunate to serve as guest parenting editor of City Life Magazine, a lifestyle magazine that is distributed throughout...
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Why Are You Here?
This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending the Wisdom 2.0 conference in San Francisco. This conference brings together thought...
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Mixed Feelings
This past week, my nine year old daughter found out that she did not make her school talent show. We had struggled with how much to...
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Allowing Rest
As I write this, I notice how physically and emotionally drained I feel. I stared at the blank screen on my computer for a good twenty...
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Moving Forward
How does one move forward? This is a question I face with nearly every patient I encounter in my office. My patient who has been off of...
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A Girl And Her Dogs
This morning, I went for a run with my nine year old daughter. In Pismo Beach for the weekend, we ran along a beautiful ocean front...
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The Work We Do
Over this last week, several of my patients were truly in a state of suffering. One patient suddenly lost his sister to suicide the day...
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Mothering
Every week when I sit down to write my blog post, all I ask of myself is that I write from my heart. Sometimes something happened during...
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In The Blink Of An Eye
There is something about a new year ahead that makes me pause and think about time. The time that has passed, the time that is yet to...
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The Deeper Work
It is hard for me to believe that this is my final post of 2015, and also the completion of my first full year of blogging. Before I...
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Why I Teach Medical Students About Self Compassion
As part of my work on the volunteer clinical faculty at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, I co-facilitate an elective for first year...
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Allowing Imperfection
Every morning, right after my meditation, I try to sit down and write a few “morning pages”…these are usually about three pages written...
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Why I Write
Why do I write? This is a question that has been asked of me multiple times…and one that I have only recently begun to ask myself. This...