The MyPeacein50 Blog

MyPeacein50 Series

I have to be honest with you. In so many areas of my life, I often have these sweeping visions that if I implement this one change, such as using a new planner, a perfectly execute...

Reconsidering the stories we carry — and discovering we still have authorship

As I turn fifty this year, I find myself asking questions I didn’t always have the space — or perhaps the readiness — ...

Reclaiming authenticity, expression, and the courage to be heard

For a long time, it was hard for me to find my voice. Or maybe more accurately, it was hard for me to trust it. I often wondered:

Why both sorrow and anger deserve room to breathe

There is so much to grieve right now. Some of the grief is personal. Some of it is collective. Some of it is hard to name.

Many of us are carrying l...

Why belonging is the foundation of safety, trust, and sustainable caring

Belonging is one of those experiences that is both deeply personal and profoundly universal. Most of us can remember a time wh...

Reclaiming imagination, curiosity, and lightness in a world that often asks us to grow up too quickly

Play has never come naturally to me. Even as a child, I often felt more like a little adult than ...

How tending living things can become a practice of presence, patience, and quiet repair

There is something about gardening that feels like prayer. Not the kind of prayer that requires particular word...

How the body learns safety through contact, presence, and gentle attention

When I worked at the Children’s Hospital, Healing Touch practitioners used to come to our All-Staff meetings. At first, I di...

What it means to build peace together, one nervous system at a time

So much of what we’ve talked about during this MyPeacein50 journey has been about how we can regulate our own nervous systems in ti...

How placing one foot in front of the other becomes a way back to yourself

Walking has become one of the most reliable ways I return to myself. Not power walking. Not walking to achieve a certain numb...

What it means to grow—not because of what happened, but because of how we carry it forward

There’s a phrase I was introduced to years ago, both professionally and personally, that I’ve come back to a...

When “just so” becomes too much—and how to loosen its grip

Recently, I spent some time with my aunt, and she told a story about me that I’ve heard before—but this time, it landed differently.

I was ...