One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder Once, while watching…

My mom came to bear witness at my wedding 8 years ago. She also came to bear witness of my life in every home I lived in; from kibbutz, to college dorms, farmhouses, city apartments, to those that sat at…

Not everything is broken. To heal, find the parts that are not. Jackie Levin RN, MS Years ago, in the studio where I apprenticed as a Pilates instructor, a woman in her early 70’s, bent and arthritic, walked slowly across…

Most people I speak with imagine the key to achieving their resolution–or any goal–is to keep their eye on the resolution itself. But it’s not the only key. Space is. TimeSpaceOn the afternoon of December 31st, I set aside a couple…

As we enter the season of changing our regular habits of eating, sleeping, drinking and exercise, I thought I would spend a few moments on tending to our bodies. Specifically our backs.When I became a New Yorker in the Spring…

Throughout the summer my husband, Randy, and I go crabbing in our 10-foot skiff. As we motor around the bay, dropping and hauling-in crab pots, I’m on the lookout for waves made by the wake of other boats. This is…

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”                                                …

Recently, a charge nurse of a busy telemetry unit set up a coaching appointment to talk about a career change. But instead, when she arrived at my office and sat down, tears started streaming down her cheeks even before she…

Early one morning several years ago, while covering for one of my home hospice nurse colleagues, I took a call from a patient’s wife, Mrs. M. She needed a nurse visit saying, “I, uh, don’t know if my husband has…

I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions. I’m not sure when I gave those up, or if I ever made them. Maybe I had so many things I wanted to change, that I lost hope before I ever began. This year, though,…