I have heard and stepped to the beat of a different drummer and I want to learn more…
We choose a practice after we have tried it once. Whatever it may be, a daily gratitude practice, sitting meditation, writing, yoga, reading a spiritual passage from a book, a few particular exercises. There are so many forms of practice and I will share about them in a post of…
When I travelled to India in 2003, I was at a gathering of friends one night and I will never forget a guy who leaned over and put his hand on the neck of a wine bottle. He said “you don’t try to pick up a bottle of wine to…
In the midst of a conversation with a close friend yesterday, I heard words come out of her mouth that instantly stung me. They touched a place deep inside that shook my moment and I felt what I thought at the time was a protective wall fall all around me….
Awareness is our true nature. It is that part of us that in my view is more important we wake up to, connect with and nurture more than anything else we do in this life. When we live without self awareness, understanding and experience of it, we are living an…
I saw a Gandhi quote on Pinterest the other day and it’s been on my mind ever since. “Nobody can hurt me without my permission”. These words cause the feeling of gratitude to expand in my heart ” I do not give you permission to pollute my happiness or my…
I was speaking with a friend not long ago who was sharing her feelings about the content of her life she is experiencing right now. I wanted to offer my opinion and encourage her to take steps that I have found very transformational for myself in the past. I stopped…
“A persistent feeling of ill will or resentment from a past insult or injury.” This is Webster’s definition of a ‘grudge’. My question is do you have a grudge toward someone or an event that happened in your recent or distant past? Be honest with yourself, is there a sticky…
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Northern Coast of Vancouver Island last night. During a discussion with a friend this morning about the details, I could feel this blog post formulating and I find myself writing about my curiosity of the human experience. My first thought was WOW, earthquakes are…