Do you find that you are overwhelmed with work, task lists, and obligations? Since you’re reading this, we can safely say you are alive and a member of today’s society, so your answer is likely yes. This month’s theme is all about play, not work, but in order for anything to be playful, we first […]
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How to Cut Your To-Do List in Half
Do you ever find yourself drowning in tasks, overwhelmed by your to-do list? Do you ever feel like an automaton, running on nearly empty, endlessly running through a series of things that you need to do? Let’s change that. Ten years ago, I had managed to set up my life in a way that was […]
7 Steps to Creating Powerful Intentions
My intentions have slowly started to fall off the wall. I had seven pretty 4×6 colored cards up, listing my intentions for different areas of my life. I haven’t updated them in a few years, and apparently “the universe” has decided to prod me along a bit. The ones that still inspire me stayed up. […]
The Best Decision-Making Tool Ever
It’s the third and final phase of our dream list creation process, and for this phase we need the best decision-making tool ever – The Body Compass, developed by my teacher, Martha Beck. Watch the video below to learn it, then scroll down for steps on how to apply to your dream list. What I’d […]
When You Need Some Loving-Kindness
Do you ever wish you could do something to help heal the world – right now? Or wish you could raise your own energy from something funky to something more loving? There’s good news – you can, and it’s about as easy breathing. Check out the video below for a quick intro to the practice […]
What Do You Really Want?
Sakichi Toyoda, founder of Toyota industries, came up with the concept of “the 5 whys” – asking why five times in order to drill down to the heart of a problem. We use this tool in life coaching too, and usually find that by the time you get to the fifth why, you have the […]
A Near Death Experience and the Westboro Baptist Church
Anita Moorjani was in stage 4B of her cancer when she was rushed to the hospital, suffering from full-on organ failure. It was then that she had her near-death experience (NDE), which would change her life forever, and which, of course, is the subject of her book, Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, […]
Want to Read My Love Letters?
I don’t know about you, but if I plan to be with someone 24/7 until the moment of my death, I’d strongly prefer to at least like them. I’m talking about our bodies here – the only relationship guaranteed to be lifelong. Since I can remember, I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with my body, alternately […]
What Do You Desire?
Recently I began taking a class on developing and deepening my intuition, and have been diligently practicing, because it’s so much fun to do. And, over and over again, no matter what I ask, I keep getting the answer, “what do you want?” or some variation of it. It seems as if the unseen is […]
Creating Your Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all of those celebrating in the US! Today’s post is short and sweet, as I have a gift that I’d like to offer you. For years, I’ve been looking for a daily morning practice that I could do consistently. For me this means it has to be short and sweet, yet […]