Yoga Can Make You Cry, If You’re Lucky

Have you ever had one of those rare ah-hah moments—the kind that crystallize your positive thinking and self-awareness so much that you have no choice but to fully submit to its purity and power? I was fortunate today to have such a moment, one that brought me to tears. It felt as though a tsunami … Continue reading →

Unresolved Trauma: Like Dying on the Cross

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” After reading a book this week on the sometimes debilitating effects of unresolved trauma on a person’s life, I couldn’t help but make the correlation to what is referred to as Holy Week in the Christian faith. This is the week where Christians around the world … Continue reading →

Perhaps my favorite reading so far on the topic of Forgiveness . . .

“Today I am willing for healing to take place in ruptured relationships. I have been doing the best that I can. My acknowledgment that I may have hurt someone else in no way disparages me. I have also been hurt, and I extend the same understanding to myself that I do to others. We have … Continue reading →

Reset Your Day (The Building Blocks of Happiness)

Every morning a curious arrangement of items graces the kitchen counter that my partner and I have come to call a “reset.” It’s a temporary sculpture designed at the end of the day to help bring in the following morning with a chuckle and a new start. Either one of us might take on the … Continue reading →

Swimming in the Mud

SWIMMING IN THE MUD: Navigating Life’s Ups and Downs Without Drowning   We have moments of clarity.  We have moments of confusion.  No matter who you are, how good your life seems, everyone has or will have their turn at swimming in the mud. The trick with swimming in the mud is kinda simple… whatever … Continue reading →