Are you holding onto anything painful big or small you need to release? Are you not able to let go of pain? “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”~ Haruki Murakami There’s a myth that forgiveness will allow you to forget or clear away all...
The best way to be free… A close friend confided “why wait” got into her head a year ago. It was something I’d been telling her all these years, and a dear friend of hers was diagnosed with cancer. My friend had...
Do you ever hear this idea that the way we are connected is a part of ONE divine mysterious thread? At first I tried to grasp what it meant literally. It helped me to know that we are made up of energy categorized in 4 broad categories...
I always wondered.. why people harm others. I just read about Omar Mateen killing 49 & injuring 53 in the deadliest shooting in Orlando just after I finished reading this brave, and stunning letter by the victim, “Emily Doe” who...
I often find myself in conversations saying “what you just shared with me (about a loved one), DID YOU TELL THEM?” Why are you not saying to them? There’s a pause, and then invariably…NO. It didn’t dawn on them to share...
We know it’s difficult to encourage change and changing other people is not only impossible, it’s not how you want to show up. Who wants to hang out with someone who’s trying to change you? Yet, we can all admit to ways we...
Last Saturday, I attended a funeral of an elderly relative where the reverend announced that she thinks funerals better than weddings because “people are more real.” Ironically the weekend before, I was at a wedding. Years go by now...
Last weekend I was having a conversation with my husband (Ok it was a heated discussion) on our 4 hour drive back from a wedding (in Ohio) about standing in your truth even when it may have a detrimental effect. How do you best share your...
I wrote an article a while back called “The Foundation of Love” – Releasing Judgments and Expectations for Tinybuddha.com when I first learned the destructive impact of judgment in our personal relationships. I still hear...
I recently held a workshop to share an approach of aligning authentically that has helped me consistently create an even more fulfilling year than the one before. Here are the highlights. One of the most influential books I read years ago, and...
Are you wondering what synchronicities are? Let me explain… Last Friday evening my husband asked “do you want to watch an episode of Anthony Bourdin’s Parts Unknown about Iran?” Sure, I was curious, and besides it was a...
The first I’d ever heard anything about Steve Jobs, (founder of Apple Inc) was during his 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech. I found him to be wise, and intuitive. I was curious about the strong backlash about his character after he passed...
