• Friday Feels - healing - inspiration

    #FridayFeels Sad, But Hopeful

    If you are feeling sad today, like so many of us are- know that it’s OK. You are allowed to feel what you feel, and though I wish everyone would honor and respect your feelings- they won’t, so you have to. Feelings are primal. They are common to all, but show up in us individually at different times and with different prompting. They are real, and powerful, and valid. So feel whatever it is that YOU feel- and in kind, allow others their feelings though they differ from your own. It’s OK. For me, there is a lot of sadness…

  • blessings - healing - inspiration - Miscellaneous

    Together, We Must Move Forward 

    “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Today, half of my country is celebrating.  Or if they are not actually celebrating, they are at least relieved that their candidate won.  They feel that their voice was heard.  If you are among the people in this category, I do offer my congratulations and send my love. Today, half of my country is devastated.  As I watched in shock and complete disbelief last night, I felt so much sadness and pain for the sharp division.  And in many ways, the world around us is kinda freaking out.…

  • blessings - brain training - healing - inspiration - life challenge - Mantras - Monday Mantra - self help

    #MondayMantra I Am Choosing to be Joyful

    Did you know that you have tremendous power to make choices and changes in your own life? It’s true!   Our minds are incredibly powerful and give us the ability to shape how we perceive and respond to our daily circumstances.  Regardless of what type of person you consider yourself to be, we all get to choose our attitude. Even in challenging and difficult circumstances or seasons of life, we can choose to be joyful. This is not to say that we will never experience bad things, or feel sad sometimes, or need to take a time-out to recharge our emotional…

  • blessings - brain training - healing - life challenge - Mantras - Meditation, Mantras, & Mindfulness - self help - Transformational Positivity

    The Eighteenth Blessing: Forgiveness

    Blessing #18: I Forgive You “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”― Anne Lamott When I was writing this particular blessing in my book, I was actually in the middle of a very painful personal crisis. I felt angry, and hurt, and betrayed, and confused. My trust in the people involved had been shaken. I didn’t enjoy any of those feelings; but I knew that if I chose not to forgive, my own path to personal healing would be blocked. I could have made the choice to hold on to my anger…