Wide Awake or Asleep? It’s Your Choice
Today, I am grateful to say ping-ponging between sadness and elation is a thing of the past. This doesn’t mean I no longer feel sadness nor joy—rather I don’t slide from one extreme to the other nor do I need…
Trust: Who or What?
First comes inspiration, a vision of possibility, then follows action. I have been married to this practice since I dreamt about it in 1998—inspiration » internalization » integration—the transformation process. Of course, inspiration seems easiest and most enjoyable. Living through…
New Directions Always Come with Stepping Stones
In December 2010, I chose new directions with the launch of a new website and a new way of being in the world. With the appearance of these just-in-time stepping stones, I began the journey of tasting each step along…
Romantic Love or Real Love?
Many years ago I read a relationship book that differentiated between romantic and real love. Unfortunately, the book has disappeared from my ‘lending library’ and I cannot remember the author’s name. Maybe s/he will read this blog and claim…
Personal Change–From the Outside-in or Inside-out?
When we choose to create change in our lives, our tendency is to begin outside of ourselves with what we can see with our eyes. One of my ‘early warning’ signs of coming change is I find myself tidying…
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…
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.…
In the Arms of Time
This week a dear friend of mine told me it was time for her ‘to dream big’. Her words reminded me this is the life journey we all share, as reflected in a poem I wrote some years back.…