Home is the essence of you Recently, I learned a hard yet familiar lesson – home is not the place in which I live nor the relationships in which I love. Home is deep within my core, it’s feeling comfortable in my own skin, it’s knowing who I am – attributes and...
Choose the perspective that supports you Family is an interesting concept. For some, our childhood experience of family is remembered in large part with fondness and love. For others, many of the memories are traumatic. Then there are the cultural expectations that...
In the midst of strange times, we can maintain and even enrich our relation to each other The other day, during a virtual gathering, we were discussing the challenges of staying connected in these strange times. My friend Jody exclaimed, “We may be living in strange...
Giving you the foundation to be of service to others Typically, when we talk about being of service, we mean what we can offer or do for others, or anything outside of ourselves. And, yet, we can’t give away what we don’t already possess. Service begins with...
There are a lot of grey areas in life, not the least of which is understanding your own needs and wants. It’s a fine line we draw between, ‘Do I need/want this to feel good?’ or ‘Is this genuinely good for me?’ Life is messy and there’s no expectation to live it...
When was the last time you celebrated yourself? Have you ever celebrated yourself? Wouldn’t that be egotistical? Isn’t that selfcentered? In a word … No! In fact, the opposite is true. Celebration is about honor and appreciation, and self-honor and self-appreciation...
The word “community” brings to mind a story I once heard many years ago, passed down through generations. This is how I remember it: “As you travel north across the lush green meadows, over snowcapped mountains and far beyond the majestic glaciers, you will find a...
For many, mere mention of the word “creative” is akin to “art.” And for those who consider themselves artistically challenged, it can cause sheer panic. Fortunately, creative expression actually can range from one’s interest in organizing, gardening, baking the...
When I hear the word education, I envision a classroom filled with metal desks and small hard wooden chairs. I think of young ones whose creativity is crushed because of the rigid structure of the system. I see children whose self-expression is stifled due to the...
YOU ARE ENOUGH.YOU ARE WORTHY.YOU ARE NOT BROKEN! So, what does it mean when we get stuck in unwanted patterns like addiction, emotional struggles, mental anguish or physical illness? It simply means you are out of alignment with your true nature. It doesn’t mean you...