Know Who You’re Dealing With
You're never really dealing with other people. At any given time, you are truly only dealing with yourself. You are the only one who can feel your emotions & know the stories in your mind. Others may evoke these thought & feelings, however they cannot experience them, only you can.…
Confronting Illusions
What if all those negative thoughts & stories you have in your head, all the negative judgments & dislikes you believe others have about you, are all untrue & an illusion? When we believe they are true, we navigate through life limited in our options. When we trust ourselves (or…
A Little Love and Sunshine
As some of you already know, after two years of very modest container gardening, I started a 4x18 foot raised garden this summer and have loved every minute of it! Not only am I receiving the obvious benefit of enjoying the fruits--or more accurately vegetables--of my labor, I'm also reaping…
Honoring Your Inner Athlete: 5 Reasons to Exercise that Have Nothing to do with Swimsuit Season
I remember one time shortly after I started running, one of my neighbors stopped me one day and asked what I was training for. I was surprised by her question, because I was not working toward any type of race or run or would have ever considered myself any type…
Calling All Artists! (yes, I’m talking to YOU): 3 Steps to Discovering Your Purpose
I used to think that the word “art” referred only to painting, sculpting, drawing and the like since every art class I ever took in school focused on these types of forms. Over the years, I’ve expanded my definition of art and artist to include everyone. I believe we are…
Wonderfully Weird: Simple Steps to Self-Love
This morning I was reading a book in which the author brought up a belief that we are each given one word to live out in our life. Everyone has their own unique one, their theme for their life’s message and mission. This word is not something that comes natural…
7 Questions to Evaluate How You Are Minding Your Business
Business is a funny word. Many of us either have one or work for one, we all rely on them, everyone’s interested in each others', or at least at times it seems to be that way. Being a business owner for going on four years now, I believe I've learned…
See No Evil: 3 Steps to Seeing the Truth in Others
One of the lessons that has served me well in finding and maintaining my peace of mind, is the knowledge that everyone wants to be seen and heard. Everyone wants to know that they matter. And they do. I often talk about seeing people and when I do I mean…
The Proof is in the Perfection: 5 Steps to Accepting That It’s All Perfect!
If your mind’s anything like my mind, it’s pretty dang sure that it knows exactly how things should go, and what perfection looks like. Often, when life decides to take a different direction, my mind tries to talk me into feeling agitated, frustrated, defeated, disappointed, and a variety of other…
The True Covenant of Marriage
As language has evolved over the centuries, much has been lost in translation. Taking anything from its multi-dimensional form and transforming it into a flat, one-sided image forces us to only see one side. Depending on who is creating the image, which side they prefer—or prefer to show—and what their…
