When a new moon cycle begins, it signifies rebirth and a fresh start. New Moon energy is a wonderful time to set new intentions, and meditate on what you'd like to see happen in your life. You can develop a meaningful new moon ritual all your own, with these five easy steps.
Read MoreIn my heart, I’m lounging in a front row seat at Café de Flore, sipping un café crème, watching graceful Parisians glide down Boulevard Saint-Germain, as I skim the pages of an Ernest Hemingway novel I picked up at Shakespeare & Co. In reality…
Read MoreWe cannot change the mercurial nature of Life. We can make peace with impermanence, however, by cultivating a feeling of gratitude for the good things that come with hard changes, and the good things that remain throughout.
Read MoreI’ve spent my entire adult life working through my anxiety in the hopes of creating a happier future for myself. Only time will tell whether that happens. What’s happened for certain, though, is that I’ve created a better past for myself.
Read MoreRemember: you can maintain your sense of integrity without completely bulldozing the ideas and feelings of the other person. In fact, being able to hold another person’s beliefs in kindness should be integral to your sense of integrity.
Read MoreI’m reminding myself: that fighting it only makes it stronger, gives it energy; that I won’t find any answers on the…
Read MoreIt’s been a while since I’ve shared my yoga practice on social media. The truth is, it’s been a while since I’ve practiced at all. For nine months I’ve been avoiding having to face the unexpected loss of my teacher, Maty. Keeping my mat rolled up in the corner of my practice room has seemed like the most…
Read MoreI am writing from bed today, because that is allowed when one has been on lockdown in their home for nearly two months. It’s late afternoon, and the sun is bright and sharp as it slices through my thin curtains, leaving shadows to float across…
Read MoreHow am I? I am every feeling, every thought, every mood. I am inside out, but I am not outside at all, ever, except for in the evening, when the sun is going down, and Nathan and I venture out into the neighborhood for our daily 3 to 4 mile walk. Then I am outside, and the world feels very close and familiar. Nostalgic. Like childhood. I can remember…
Read Morein times like these poetry feels simultaneously…
Read MoreIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of a lot of time to kill, must be in want of a binge. Most of us are entering into our second month of Coronavirus lockdown this week. We’ve blown through Tiger King, cried our eyes out during the latest episode of Outlander, and caught up on all our Bravo shows, and we’re facing a big “what now?”
Read More“When life deals us cards, makes everything taste like it’s salt…
Read MoreThese scones are pretty, buttery, and citrusy-sweet.
Read MoreDear Coco, The update is surreal: Californians have been placed under a…
Read MoreDear Coco, I couldn’t write yesterday. I’d fallen asleep the night before in the midst of a full-blown panic attack after hearing the new report: an estimated 2.2 million American lives could be lost before..
Read More“One day you will tell your story of how you've overcome what you're going through now, and it will become part of someone else's survival guide.” This quote came to mind as I was compiling this list of memoirs. The truth is, we live on stories. We fuel-up on stories. Sometimes, indeed, we survive on stories. Here are some more tools for your survival kit.
Read MoreDear Coco, in a matter of days, life as I’ve known it has been turned upside down. The restaurant I’ve worked at for 15 years closed, indefinitely, over the weekend. The yoga studio I’ve been seeking refuge in for over a decade has cancelled all classes. The world seems to have stopped turning, mid-spin…
Read MoreMeet Jeannette, a writer, a Capricorn, my friend.
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