Awakening through Life's Challenges
life coaching for
parents and caregivers of loved ones with great needs
Caring for a loved one dealing with disability, illness, aging, neurodiversity or gender issues is one of the most challenging paths a person can walk. It pushes us, sometimes relentlessly, to the crossroads of fierce love, profound heartache, and personal overwhelm.
For more than thirty years, I have walked this path. It has broken me open again and again, revealing a vast wisdom that awakens me to the preciousness of life itself, calling me to open my heart wider and wider, until nothing gets shut out.
It is through this capacity of the heart that we learn life’s deepest lessons. Lessons of surrender, acceptance, and compassion, to name a few.
As a writer and keynote speaker, I share stories of my personal and spiritual evolution and the life lessons that have shaped my journey as a mom and caregiver. As a life coach, I guide clients in exploring where they may have closed their hearts, shutting down essential parts of themselves. By welcoming all of our interior landscape, we open to greater acceptance of what is, and learn to live a more peaceful, balanced life—one that is graced with the innate strength and joy of the heart.
“Everything has a crack in it. That’s where the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen
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About
The challenges of raising David and two other sons pushed me onto a path of existential inquiry and spiritual seeking. I have been devoted to that path for more than two decades, soaking up the teachings of saints and sages, and have come to know their truth. As life continues to present its challenges, I am able to meet them with more peace, more joy, and freedom from within.
I am a contributing author to Suddenly Brave Together, an anthology of letters written to mothers of newly diagnosed children, sharing hard-earned wisdom and optimism. As a keynote speaker, I have addressed conferences sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado and Wyoming.
I invite you to explore the Media tab, where I have included talks, interviews, and a short documentary film about my son and me, centered on the internationally acclaimed photographic project, "one, one thousand...," created by my sister, interdisciplinary artist, Debe Arlook.
Under the Writings tab, you will find my essays, both written and read by me, exploring themes of acceptance, surrender, compassion, and trust in the greater wisdom of life and love.
one, one thousand...
Debe Arlook, my sister and an acclaimed photographic artist, and I have collaborated with my son David in creating "one, one thousand...", a collection of mixed media images and narrative revealing our life together as mother and son, caregiver and loved one receiving care.
This award-winning project has been exhibited worldwide, promoting education and inviting conversations on caregiving, disability, epilepsy, autism, and familial love.
This award-winning project has been exhibited worldwide, promoting education and inviting conversations on caregiving, disability, epilepsy, autism, and familial love.
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