The MyPeacein50 Blog

Why belonging is the foundation of safety, trust, and sustainable caring

Belonging is one of those experiences that is both deeply personal and profoundly universal. Most of us can remember a time wh...

How the body learns safety through contact, presence, and gentle attention

When I worked at the Children’s Hospital, Healing Touch practitioners used to come to our All-Staff meetings. At first, I di...

What it means to build peace together, one nervous system at a time

So much of what we’ve talked about during this MyPeacein50 journey has been about how we can regulate our own nervous systems in ti...

How placing one foot in front of the other becomes a way back to yourself

Walking has become one of the most reliable ways I return to myself. Not power walking. Not walking to achieve a certain numb...

What it means to grow—not because of what happened, but because of how we carry it forward

There’s a phrase I was introduced to years ago, both professionally and personally, that I’ve come back to a...

When “just so” becomes too much—and how to loosen its grip

Recently, I spent some time with my aunt, and she told a story about me that I’ve heard before—but this time, it landed differently.

I was ...

What it means to thaw the nervous system—and reclaim motion when your body goes still

There’s a moment that happens to me in acute crisis that I don’t talk about often. From the outside, it looks lik...

I’ve spent a lot of time over the years talking about boundaries. I’ve written about them. Taught them. Wrestled with them personally and professionally. I even created a Boundaries in Leadership Tool...

Last week, I wrote about how music and sound can reconnect us to our truest selves — how a single lyric or vibration can bring us home in an instant. This week, I’m turning the volume inward. If sound...

I have a confession to make. One night, sitting around the dinner table at a friend’s house, we got into one of those unexpectedly deep conversations — the kind that starts casually and ends up somewh...

Last week, I wrote about gratitude — how it’s not about ignoring reality, but about noticing what still holds us when life gets hard. This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about where I feel that holdin...

It’s November. The time of year when pumpkins get replaced with turkeys, and inboxes fill with reminders about the power of gratitude. We’re told it boosts our mood. That it’s a scientifically backed ...