True healers have always been quiet heroes. They solve difficult challenges, and even when they cannot succeed as they would wish, they provide support and compassion when it is desperately needed. The heroics today are extraordinary. Daily they march into known danger zones, often with inadequate protection. With quiet courage, they fight on the front … More Here’s to the Healers

In the movie, “As Good as it Gets,” Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) asks his depression therapy group, “What if this is as good as it gets?” So now we are all in this big therapy group together–but alone of course. Maybe we should ask, “What if this is as good as it gets?” Pause and … More As Good as it Gets

Oh we got Trouble, Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for Plandemic. I recently watched “The Music Man” with my 7-year-old granddaughter. The plot involves a slick-talking salesman who convinces the people of River City, Iowa, to pay for a “boys band.” The pitch of “Professor Harold Hill” … More “Plandemic” with a Capital T

I recently heard interviews with health professionals serving on the front lines as they described their daily struggles. One doc in NYC said they might have six or more patients die during a single shift. A nurse recounted that the ventilators make so much noise she cannot even speak to the patients. Of course she … More Say Goodbye Early

The coronavirus is taking a mental health toll on people. The multiple effects of the pandemic, which are being experienced by everyone, are highly stressful. This stress can lead to depression, domestic abuse, addiction issues and so much more. These impacts can be long lasting and very costly in many ways. One stress for many … More Healing via Food Pantries

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. — Alfred Hitchcock. They called Hitchcock “The Master of Suspense.” The coronavirus pandemic is holding us in suspense, terrorizing us with the anticipation of what is to come. We hold our collective breath, which ironically is the specific concern–that we will lose … More The Terror of Anticipation

Whitewater kayaking involves periods of calm interspersed with periods of terror. On an unknown river, anxiety comes from anticipating what may be around the bend. Such is our life right now as we paddle through the pandemic. Curiously, the pandemic terror may involve shopping for groceries and having someone near you cough. So normal, yet … More Heading into Whitewater

During my morning walk, the ridge on which I live is clear, and the mountain in the distance is clear. In between, the valley is filled with fog. God has obscured the landscape. What is down there, where we must walk? Perhaps there is a dangerous roaring river, almost impossible to cross. Perhaps there hidden, … More Fog in the Valley

In The Healer’s Dream, Nita encounters a situation in 1918 in Philadelphia as the Spanish Flu pandemic ravages the city. The scene is based on real events. Philadelphia was devastated by the pandemic. There were so many dead, that they had no place to put the bodies. Unfortunately, that scene is repeating itself now in … More The Healer’s Nightmare

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream–as it flows toward a cliff. There is often little to indicate that the stream is about to plummet perhaps 200 feet. Such is human existence. Merrily merrily we flow along in our lives, little realizing how drastically things can change in very short order. I have … More Merril, Merrily flowing toward the brink