April 8, 2011
Underneath the Noise
Hearing the Whisper
Sometimes it is the softness of a whisper that is needed the most.
You may have noticed that if you want to speak to someone in a noisy, crowded room, the best thing to do is lean close and whisper. Yelling in an attempt to be louder than the room’s [...]

March 29, 2011
A Special Goodnight
Creating a Nightly Ritual
Behind us lies the previous day and all that has come before; ahead of us, dawn heralds all that is yet to be.
At the end of the day, as the sweet, dark stillness of night beckons us to lay down our bones and rest, we find ourselves at [...]

March 28, 2011
The Laboratory of Life
Take Action
Having a vision of what we want in life is important to our efforts of getting what we want, but we also must take action.
There is a popular misconception that we might be able to just wish our dreams into being. Maybe on some other level of consciousness this [...]

March 24, 2011
Disapproving Faces
Not Everybody Will Like You
When someone doesn’t like you, rather than taking it personally we can release the need for approval and move on.
It is not necessarily a pleasant experience, but there will be times in our lives when we come across people who do not like us. As we know, like [...]

March 26, 2011
Stuck in the Mud
Staying in Pain
Pain comes and goes- it is when we get stuck in our pain that it becomes detrimental to our well-being and development.
Pain comes and it goes. It is just one component to the grand cycle of life. And when experienced as such, pain can serve as an important [...]

March 22, 2011
Taking the Risk
Permission to Be Real
People who keep it real present themselves as they truly are, the good parts and the parts most of us would rather hide.
Most of us are familiar with the idea of keeping it real and have an intuitive sense about what that means. People who keep it real [...]

March 18, 2011
Seeing the Illusion
The Secret of Surrender
True lasting success comes only with surrender, which is the opposite of control.
Most of us were raised and live in a culture that emphasizes the ideals of independence and control. The general idea is that we are on our own and we don’t need any help from anyone [...]

March 17, 2011
Choosing Loving Care
Extra Weight
If we make food choices from a place of love and awareness we will nurture ourselves with the foods our body really needs.
Our bodies are like living temples, and deserve all the love and care we can give them. Amazingly flexible and strong, they allow us to experience the world. [...]

March 14, 2011
Feeling Threatened
Afraid of the Truth
We avoid the truth because it scares us, or makes us angry, or makes us feel like we don’t know what to do.
Most of us have had the experience of being in possession of a piece of truth that we were afraid to share because we knew it would [...]

March 12, 2011
Actively Participating
Showing up for Life
Showing up for your life means actively participating in our own life rather than hiding and going through the motions.
The way we walk into a room says a lot about the way we live our lives. When we walk into a room curious about what’s happening, willing to engage, [...]