Blog Archive

Knowing Pain

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

Expanding Time

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

A Moment of Gratitude

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

New Year’s Resolution Part 2

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...

My New Year’s Resolution

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...

How To Start

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...

Coming Full Circle

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

Who Am I Without My Labels?

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,...

Summer Vacation

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...

The Path to Worthiness

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...

What Mindfulness Isn’t

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

The Three Words Every Child Should Hear

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

Creating Safe Spaces

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

Starting Over

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...

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...