My story

Being with grief at Christmas

An invitation to be excessively gentle with yourself

Dec 19 •

On my son's fourth birthday

Five wonderful things #4

Nov 20 •

And what I do know

Nov 8 •

How quitting alcohol transformed my mental health

The single biggest thing I've done to change my life for the better

Oct 10 •

Meeting pain with love

If I could sum up sobriety in a sentence, this would be it

Sep 16 •

A cure for grief

How I learned to live alongside grief in a culture that is terrified of it

Jul 8 •

Could I be a beacon of light?

My life-changing journey through darkness to sober coaching

May 7 •

In nature, I found my way back home

And freed myself from alcohol with the gentle, steady love of the natural world

Apr 4 •

Finding safety in the moment

With thanks to Tara Brach, and insomnia

Feb 19 •

The day everything changed

I discovered This Naked Mind, and my life transformed

Jan 28 •

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