Tag: personal growth

Standing On My Own Two Feet: Part II

  One of my great life lessons, in realizing the benefits of keeping both feet on the ground, is that balance requires stability (strength) and agility (flexibility).  Life deals us any number of events — tsunami, divorce, childbirth, falling in…

Helen Maupin

Products of Judgment: Pain Avoidance and Pleasure Seeking

When I was in my 30s, less certain that Life would always come through for me, I made a bargain with her by stating, “If you knock twice on my ‘awareness’ door, I will attend and act.”  In essence, if…

Helen Maupin

Standing On My Own Two Feet: Part I

  Something quite profound is happening within me.  I cannot describe what it looks like, only that it feels like the million tiny bits of me, previously floating aimlessly, are joining together. In my youth and early adulthood, I knew…

Helen Maupin

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…

Helen Maupin

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.…

Helen Maupin

The Gift Exchange

As I walk my path of personal growth, that is, spiritual discovery, I gain more understanding and ability to utilize the gifts of wisdom I receive from every event or person who touches my experience.  These people, unlike the traditional…

Helen Maupin