I woke up this morning to hear the news about the bombings in Brussels. I stopped what I was doing, took a deep centering breath, placed my hands on my heart and prayed. I asked that everyone involved, touched, connected to this happening be surrounded in light. I asked that the suffering would be eased,… …Read More »
What if we could learn to let our fear (and any other negative sensation) be the signal to breathe deeply and re-center in our hearts? Spoiler alert: I am upset a lot. I have been practicing long enough that even when I am lost in the belief of the moment and my face is so… …Read More »
Love Burritos. Those times when it just feels like all of the stars aligned and there was this beautiful hum to what you were doing and it all rolled up into this wonderful, delicious, yummy thing. Maybe it was a time when you were lost in creating, or you had that one magical night out… …Read More »
One of my favorite parts of The Lord of The Rings movie is when the fellowship is making their way over the Misty Mountains. They’re being led by Gandalf the Grey, attempting to cross the tallest, most perilous peak called Caradhras but the snow is too deep and it’s beginning to feel treacherous. The poor… …Read More »
Do you prepare for happiness? Think about all the ways you prepare for things in your life. What do you notice yourself preparing for? You prepare for what you’re going to say to this person about that thing that happened. Or how you’re going to tell the people you can’t do that thing you said… …Read More »
I’ve been staring at a blinking cursor for most of the day today. I texted my friends. Help me write something, I’m so sick of my own crap about writing. I’m SO sick of suffering with this, I thought to myself, this is embarrassing already. Talk about how to move past it, they said. Talk… …Read More »
On loving yourself fiercely and staying present with what you really want instead of getting scared and running away. My client called in a panic, “Every time I make a little headway with this project, I hear a negative voice in my head saying I can’t do this, I’m gonna fail… and then I start… …Read More »
The beginning of my spiritual awakening happened when my mom died in 1996. I was taking care of her on my own with the help of some much-appreciated volunteer hospice help. The day before she died, I was sitting alone in the room with her and something began to happen: I witnessed a process taking… …Read More »
Picture yourself standing at a powerful crossroads. In one direction lies the old familiar territory of your life. In the other there’s an uncharted path leading in the direction of your deepest longings. There is fear as you contemplate the obstacles in either direction. So, which road do you choose? In one direction there’s all… …Read More »
Do you ever have the situation where you want and need to say NO to someone but feel the difficulty of it weighing you down? How do you handle setting boundaries so you conserve your own energy? My friend recently said to me, Just finished a call with X. I love him, but I’m exhausted. He… …Read More »