by Nancy Seibel | Oct 11, 2018 | Hope, Self-Care, Well-being
You’ll never hear me say that “cancer was a gift.” I have great respect for people who feel this way, and have found their lives improved as a result. But for me, they don’t ring true . As I see it, cancer itself is decidedly not a gift. I do think there are gifts to...
by Nancy Seibel | Oct 4, 2018 | Hope, Self-Care, Well-being
Injuries are being made visible these days, and it’s having a powerful impact on us individually and on our society. I’m wondering you have been affected by the Kavanaugh hearings and surrounding events. For me there’s been such a powerful mix of emotions – and...
by Nancy Seibel | Aug 9, 2018 | Hope, Self-Care, Well-being, Writing
It happened again: an angry exchange between my husband and me that followed a typical pattern. It was, as such conflicts often are, well out of proportion to the triggering event. You would be right to say I started it. You also would be right to say he started it....
by Nancy Seibel | Mar 21, 2018 | Change, Hope, Well-being
I’ve learned, not once but many times, that life seldom unfolds along a straight, predictable path. Unexpected detours along the way are the norm, not the exception. These detours, though they’re often unwelcome, can lead us to find new routes.These might lead...
by Nancy Seibel | Jan 6, 2018 | Hope, Quest
What Does it Mean to Belong? Belonging means survival. I’m reminded of this as I try to imagine how I’d survive this spell of extreme cold without other humans; people who build homes and create systems to heat them; people who fix burst water mains and salt our icy...
