Can you tell me the areas of your life that most need improvement right now? Can you tell me the things you need to do, the things you would like to buy, the experiences you would like to have? I’m going to guess that you can. Can you also tell me the areas of your […]
7 Steps to Love Your Life Right Now
Yes! You Made It Through!
In the United States, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday. Though declared a national holiday by President Lincoln in the middle of the Civil War, the legend of the first Thanksgiving dates back a couple of hundred years earlier, in 1621. The story goes that the first Pilgrims – settlers – had survived a […]
The Book That Changed My Life
Friends, today I’m sharing with you an open letter to author Martha Beck. I’m doing so in hopes of encouraging you to share your own truth with the world, and to see how much of an impact one person’s words can have on so many lives. Dear Martha, In 2002 I read your book, Finding […]
Creating a Gratitude Practice
Do you want to feel more joy? Less stress? More connected? More optimistic? Do you want better relationships, boosted immunity, better sleep and a stronger heart? Do you want to experience a spontaneous desire to exercise more? If I offered you all of this for free and said it only required a commitment of about […]
Creating Connection
Have you ever had a moment (or more) of feeling connected with the Divine, humanity, and all-that-is all at once? It’s blissful – euphoric, really. If you haven’t experienced this, it’s well worth the effort of trying to induce it. I’m honestly not sure that it’s even possible to do so, but I can promise […]
Open Hearted Giving and Receiving
As this is being published, I’m visiting with my dear friends in Mexico. I wasn’t really sure I’d be joining them on this trip, as I’m committed to living within my means and paying down credit card debt, and a flight to Mexico during spring break didn’t seem like it was going to be ‘within […]
An Easy, Mood-Lifting Practice
This week we’re checking out another practice from the audiobook The Vortex by Abraham-Hicks – simple, effective, and best of all, easy to turn into a habit. This process is called “The Rampage of Appreciation” and it’s as simple as it gets – take 5-15 minutes and find things to appreciate, either in your immediate […]
Honoring the Everyday Hero
Today is Father’s Day in the U.S. and I have a fun challenge for you to go along with it. Our own biological dads may not be available to us for a variety of reasons, but the father archetype is expressed in many ways throughout our culture. Let’s check out Caroline Myss’s definition of the […]
Cultivating Gratitude & Thankfulness
If you are living in the U.S., you know we’re celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday. I’ve always loved Thanksgiving – not just for the four day weekend, but for the fact that our country has dedicated a national holiday to gratitude and giving thanks. There have been many times in my life when gratitude and thanksgiving […]