Author Archives: Tracy Cochran

Box of Darkness

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness,” wrote the beloved poet Mary Oliver. “It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” This past year has been a giant box of darkness–and for many of us that box has been full of smaller boxes–a nesting doll full ofContinue reading “Box of Darkness”

Practice for Election Day and Beyond

Be kind to yourself in the midst of uncertainty. If you meditate, meditate, if you pray, pray. Go for a walk, practice yoga, clean your house, cook something nice. Be kind, and know that self-compassion is a way to also to open to a greater truth. Here is a fresh way of to look atContinue reading “Practice for Election Day and Beyond”