The Middle Way

02/26/2026

I heard this quote several years ago. I have no idea where I heard it from. [your body is not just a plant stand for your head.]. I was instantly knocked back into reality. Our bodies have so much wisdom in them. Stop ignoring them :).

02/22/2026

02/03/2026

I used to figuratively bang my head against the wall in frustration when working with certain patients. I would get frustrated more than I’d like to admit when working with people and they didn’t see it my way.

Fortunately, I’ve come a long way in my work in healthcare. And I want to share what I’ve learned with anyone interested in enjoying their work again and maybe even making healthcare a little better for patients and providers alike.

Join me for: The Art of Working With “Difficult” Patients

When you consistently find yourself exhausted after a day of seeing patients, not to mention how it feels at the end of a normal work week, then it’s time to find a new way to work and be with the people who come to you for help.

You don’t have to change the system to change how you care for yourself and your patients in healthcare.

This is a 2 part workshop designed to help healthcare professionals be more effective and less burnt out when working with the patients who challenge us.

The workshops will be from 7:30-8:30pm EST on 2/11/26 and 2/18/26.

01/23/2026

That which you truly are, does not change.

That which changes, is not who you really are.

01/18/2026

Can rest bring about mindfulness and presence? I don’t know for sure - but I’m seeing something new that I wanted to share.

01/12/2026

Perhaps a different view of growth.

01/04/2026

Sick today, but found some inspiration to share anyway.

11/26/2025

I love when the human beings I work with start to see things differently. They begin to see how light life can be. They begin to see how there is no right or wrong way to do it, and in this man’s experience, curiosity, like a true curiosity, was the key. Not someone telling him to be curious, but him getting truly interested in approaching what normally feels like a big life decision with curiosity instead of perfection. With this curiosity came some clarity for him and much less stress.

I’m so excited too.

11/26/2025

What if you don’t have to healed to be whole?

11/24/2025

What does it look like to "Eat from the Heart?"

So far in this heart experiment I recently began, many different epiphanies have shown up in my life. One of the most enjoyable, has been around food.

This isn’t a tall tale of sudden perfectionism with eating all the right foods or being fully meal-prepped for the week. I’m still completely and happily imperfect with my sustenance. I haven’t stopped eating all processed foods. I will actually still eat while working or finishing up notes at times. I will even occasionally find myself eating lunch in the car between jobs.

Here’s the fantastically simple truth of what has happened.

I have slowed down naturally when I eat. This isn’t a forced or pre-meditated intent. It just happened as I’ve noticed a difference between eating from my heart versus eating from my head (aka practical reasons).

As an aside, I realize that eating is absolutely practical, as it is necessary for my life to continue. If I was to stop eating, there would be some dire consequences which I prefer to avoid.

However, what I’ve noticed is how little I enjoy my food when the only reason I’m eating is to fill an empty belly or uncomfortable sensation in my abdomen, or because I have 30 minutes between clients and now is the time to eat, so I must eat. This also shows up in preparing food. When I cook to have a “healthy” meal on the table, I feel stressed. But when I cook from the heart, I get to create something to enjoy savoring in my mouth.

Do you see the difference?

Fortunately, the switch is fairly easy. As I’ve noticed how unfun and bad it feels to eat from the practical side, I’ve naturally begun to eat from the heart.
I easily stop eating when I’m no longer hungry or when the food doesn’t taste good. I slow down and actually notice the taste of my food. I might not notice every bite (I am human, afterall)- but most of them! And as I taste this food, I notice which ones I like and which ones I don’t. So I eat what I want, and not what I don’t.

I don’t eat based on rules anymore. Trust me, I’ve studied enough rules on health and nutrition and while they may be helpful for you, they seem to make the process of eating unnecessarily and detrimentally stressful for me.

So while I’m still gluten free and mostly dairy free, because my body feels best this way, all other rules no longer apply.

Here are the changes that I’ve noticed. These aren’t rules for you to follow, but instead they are a description of what’s changed as I eat from the heart as opposed to from my head.

I eat when I’m hungry
I stop when I’m full.
I eat food that I want to eat.
I don’t eat food I don’t want to eat.

I wonder what you notice when you eat from the heart.

11/12/2025

Rethinking understanding. This is how it looks like to me today.

10/12/2025

“If you have to build walls. Build walls around the present moment. That way, it’s difficult to leave home.”