When Less Really Is More
Are you feeling stretched to your maximum attending to the competing demands in your life? With all that you have to do is it difficult to choose a right course of action? Once you have chosen, are you able to…
To Meditate is to Be
Just as we are moving from experiencing 3D to 4D in the movie theatre, our world seems to be moving from three levels of consciousness — waking, sleeping and dreaming — to accepting a fourth state — meditation. As early…
Creative Collaboration: Feeding the Soul
Every week, I gather together a circle of meditators and writers for the purposes of personal transformation and creative expression. Each person chooses an inspirational image (something that speaks to them). We then meditate to connect to our creative voice,…
All Change is Lifestyle Change
When I was a 10-year old girl, change meant something new was about to happen; an adventure was in store. Life was rich with experience and I, awe-struck, determined to try everything once. In sharing this memory with others,…
Breathing Space–Life’s Reward for Letting Go
For years I wondered what it really meant to “surrender one’s will.” On a superficial level, I understood I was not able to control my external environment. Although I might be able to influence or even manipulate it, the only…
A Writer’s Voice
Over the past 10 weeks, I facilitated a meditation, writing and sharing program that hosted individuals keen on discovering and deepening their awareness and transformation practices. Each session provided the opportunity to: a) reflect on one’s present moment experience through…
Bipolar Disorder—The Dis-ease of the Day?
Am I the only one experiencing this phenomenon or are more and more people we know being diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD)? Bipolar disorder involves periods of elevated or irritable mood (mania), alternating with periods of depression. The “mood swings”…
What HALTS Joy?
Today I am not seeing and feeling the endless adventure that Life gifts us. It is because I am tired. Too much work, not enough reward. I need to halt what I am doing and reflect on my inner experience.…
Meditation – Mind Altering without Drugs
Meditation is a practice aimed at strengthening concentration and stilling the mind. Interestingly, no one counters me with, “Why would I want to stop my mind?” We seem intuitively to understand this ancient wellness practice provides many benefits. In fact,…
How to Live Consciously
The Explorer is my longest-standing persona or archetype. From my early days of reading Alice in Wonderland through to the worm-hole journey of mid-life, I waved the Explorer’s banner, “I’ll try anything, once.” This seeking of varied experience repeatedly cycles…
The Journey from Fear to Joy
This Joy Blog marks the beginning of my new way of being in the world. Throughout my life, writing has led me deeper into awareness and understanding, but always under the cloak of a more solitary intimacy. However over the…