Who is the one person you spend your whole life with? The answer, “YOU.” Should we waste even a minute not loving our self? Writer, Sara Courter, reminds us that we must celebrate who we are and learn to love our self unconditionally. By learning to love and be comfortable [...] Read more »
Keeping Your Attention On The Desired Outcome
When we have a problem to solve, we tend to focus our attention on the problem itself when instead we should be paying attention to the solution. In true storyteller fashion, author, Tiela Garnett, shares a challenging kayak trip that served to remind her of this. As you read this [...] Read more »
Life: Linear or Circular?
As always I love articles, like this one by Martha Beck, that make you think and examine things in a new way. Beck uses a labyrinth as a metaphor for life. We think of our life as a journey that should be linear. We should always be moving forward, but [...] Read more »
Prose That Reads Like Poetry
This piece by Mary Armstrong is prose that feels like poetry. I could read it over and over again, and it would feel just as luscious and precious as the first time. So read it, savor it, meditate upon it. Perhaps it can help you find the pathway to discovering [...] Read more »
What To Do When The Current of Life Stops Flowing
Life is a journey, and sometimes along the way we feel stuck. We feel that we aren’t moving forward as we should. We often react with resistance. We chastise ourselves. We feel at fault for the slow down and even begin to see ourselves as failing. Author, Barry John Johnson, [...] Read more »
Learn How to Curb the Habit of Worrying
I am a big time worrier. I worry about being a worrier and am always looking for ways to deal with this; so, of course, this article by Lia Carroll caught my attention. Delivered with great humor and insight, it lights up your day. Along with the smile on your [...] Read more »
Do You Make Time For Joy?
Follow your joy and do what you love. Author, Louise Presley-Turner, reminds us that as busy as we all are, we must not put off doing what gives us joy. It is important to incorporate some pleasure into each and every day whether this is enjoying the sunshine in your [...] Read more »
Do the Memories You Replay Empower You or Limit You?
This article by Ian Lawton reminds me of a piece of poetry. It is saying something very big in a small space. You feel the urge to pick it apart to savor all its meanings. Like a black box in an airplane, Lawton explains, we tend to replay the crashes [...] Read more »
To Take Control or Surrender: Striking a Balance
Whenever we have goals, we want to do everything we can to ensure that we meet them. We want everything to go perfectly. We try to foresee all the obstacles and avoid them but when does taking control do more harm than good? In this article author, Lori Deschene, helps [...] Read more »
How To Ease The Way Through Life’s Changes
Change is inevitable and, as Karen Sherwood explains in this article, there are ways we can learn to embrace it rather than fight against it. She suggests that we learn to stay present and avoid the tendency to constantly worry about the future or wallow in the regrets of the [...] Read more »