The country music band Midland’s debut song “Drinkin’ Problem” deals directly and in a clever way with the question is addiction a problem, a solution, or a little bit of both? This question and its answer being an important part of the hug your cactus...
Oh my gosh! I’m Anxiety. Where do I put my stuff?– Anxiety speaking about her literal baggage in “Inside Out 2” Anxiety. Just reading or writing the word makes me anxious. We are indeed the “anxious generation,” so it should come as no surprise that the emotion...
I recently went on a baseball trip to San Francisco and Oakland with a couple of friends. One of my goals is to eventually visit the stadium of all 30 MLB teams. The Oakland A’s are leaving Oakland after this season and I got to...
Creating the Room to Embrace the Ugly I have been on an extended vacation / mini sabbatical in the UK the last two plus weeks. While I have connected with friends along the way, a lot of my travel and time has been alone. For...
Before you can hug your cactus you first have to admit that you have a cactus. I am sometimes asked, “does everyone have a cactus, or how do I know if I have a cactus to hug.” My answer is always “don't worry, you do.”...
The hug your cactus journey is a journey of paradox, often holding two things up in tension that seem on the surface to be opposed to each other. The Meriam-Webster dictionary offers the following among its definitions for paradox. 1: one (such as a person, situation,...
An entire Hug Your Cactus book that unpacks the journey of embracing the ugly parts of your soul is currently being written. Here is brief summary of that journey. Invitation To hug your cactus or to engage the cactus hugging journey begins with an invitation. Spiritually this...
My last couple of blogs have been about remembering my mom, who I lost a little over two and a half months ago. One thing that I have noticed is that I have been a little off ever since, even out of balance. Being a...
It’s now been almost a month since I got the call that mom had died and tomorrow it will be three weeks since her celebration of life and burial. In this last month I continue to be overwhelmed by the support I have received. Cards,...
On the evening of Sunday, January 21st I received the phone call that no son wants to receive. I was getting ready to watch the Chiefs/Bills game with a close friend when my uncle (mom's brother) called to inform me that he had found my mom,...
