Resilience. It’s a powerful word. When it rolls off the tongue, you know something big has gone down. The word itself commands respect and is loaded with depth and meaning. The concept, the process, of resilience fascinates me. Life. It’s about family and friends and friends who are family. It’s about purpose. Much of life…

Deborah’s Briggs is a certified Sage-ing Leader for Sage-ing International  (https://www.sage-ing.org), an organization “committed to transforming the current paradigm of aging to ‘sage-ing’  through  learning, community building and service.” Her Sage-ing skills are rooted by her MA in organizational psychology from Columbia University and the study and practice of spiritual, physical and intellectual approaches to aging with…

Are you having trouble making an important decision?  Figuring out an answer to a significant life question? It could be that part of the struggle stems from the fact that you are not bored enough. Yes! Not bored enough. When was the last time you were really, truly, thoroughly bored? This may be difficult to…

I went to a friend’s funeral last week. A dear friend, whom I’ve known for almost 30 years.   Steve Ringler. He had been my veterinarian for many years—no small feat! I have, in the past, been what I sometimes call an animal “collector.”  At one time, I had four dogs, thirteen cats, two bunnies,…

I love reading poetry. Slowly. Letting the words simmer in my brain, melt into my heart. I even dabble in writing poems. The practice provides me with little artistic success, I’m sorry to say, but with great emotional release. Reading and writing poetry cuts right through to a deep place that other genres often don’t…