Love can break through the wall, if…
Brett and Tina, an attractive young couple who married five years ago, have been living separately for 18 months. They exchange their four-year-old son, Dylan, every other day because neither …
On Being Substantial
When I am older, I will be stronger. They’ll call me freedom, Just like a waving flag. “Wavin’ Flag” – K’naan It’s been a long winter, the coldest February since …
Perpetual Motion and Identity
I read an article recently about how a renowned economist toward the end of the Nineteen Century predicted that by the time we are now living in, production would be …
Mortality & Grace
While watching an older, heftier Dan Ackroyd reprise the classic Bass-O-Matic skit during the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special recently, I was transported back to my parents’ living room, …
To be right or respectful
Beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field, I’ll meet you there. Rumi Recently on Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer gave a commentary on Charlie Hebdo …
Winter Solstice 2014 – Shedding Skins
“Despite the wariness with which I approach resolutions, reluctant to imbue another year with a blazing expectancy, I do appreciate the freshness of January, the invitation to dream and dare …
The true hero’s journey never ends
We had our 15th annual memorial conference eating disorders yesterday, in memory of my daughter Erin. Throughout the day I couldn’t help but think about how the new discoveries in …
15th Erin Leah Robarge Memorial Conference
Each year ClearPath Center and the Upstate NY Eating Disorder Services (http://unyed.com) co-sponsor a one-day eating disorder conference in memory of Barbara’s daughter, who lost her life to anorexia in …
The Art of Gratefulness
Life can be hard, very hard for many. Understandably, yet unfortunately, when met with adversity and painful life events, many will sink into the negative trance of the moment. Some …
Who I Choose to BE!
Often a client has looked at me beseechingly asking why did the circumstances in her life have to be so hard. Why did my mother die so young? Why was …
