People have to find their rhythm. Some people have need for more contact and time together and some people need more space.

In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary.

Our kids go to school and they come out feeling not intelligent, not desirable, not attractive or appealing to others.

When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.

I think of depression as the mechanism that pushes down the pain of that loss. It tries to distance us from the loss but it lowers our whole energy level. I think that's a pervasive way we end up responding to loss or the anticipation of loss. Natural but not necessary.

If attachment then carries forward in a way that's not healthy, we need to let it be there without making it wrong and bring as compassionate and honest attention to it as possible. Honor that this is part of being human, but it's important to know when it's getting in the way.

It may sound lovey-dovey, but there's research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion.