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"We are here to awaken from the illusion of separateness." -Ram Dass   Last week, I wrote...
October 28, 2024
For most of us, there is an unconscious set of rules governing our moment-to-moment experience of...
About 16 years ago, when my grandma was still alive, we sat together on the front deck of my...
August 19, 2024
When I was about six years old, my parents took my sister and me to the North Carolina State Fair...
Early this morning, a couple hours before the sun rose, I awoke with a racing mind and a...
May 6, 2024
Back in 2018, when life felt unexpectedly heavy and dark, I had a hard time articulating what was...
Today, I received a voice memo from a long-time client of mine. She began her message by...
A couple weeks ago, I was called to meet my mom and sister in the emergency room where my dad was...
January 2, 2024
Dear Body, Right now, as I type this, there are five distinct, beautiful blue bruises on your...
November 12, 2023
To suffer is to misperceive reality. —Buddhist teaching Many years ago, our family had to say...
October 11, 2023
“The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated....
"This too shall pass" was once my lifeline. During moments of intense sadness, fear, and...
In 2018, when I was in the throes of battling chronic hives and lip swelling, all I wanted was to...
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human...
March 13, 2023
Each one has to find peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside...
Your True Self is life, being, and love. Love is what you were made for, and love is who you are....
God comes to you disguised as your life. —Father Richard Rohr Recently, I was asked to think...
November 7, 2022
  "Feelings don't want to be healed; they want to be held." —Jeff Foster "Be curious, not...
October 27, 2022
Humans are a funny species; we call beliefs and preferences our own, as if we had anything to do...
September 18, 2022
  Q: "How can I stop these feelings of anxiety and insecurity?" A: "By saying hello to them;...
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