The Most Motivating One-Liner Ever…
The choices you make today determine your autobiography tomorrow. So I gave up. I threw out all of my belongings. I didn’t sign any new leases. I didn’t officially live anywhere. I started moving...
View ArticleBe Flare Prepared: How to Make a Flare Kit for ‘Bad’ Days
That moment when you wake up and the pain hits you over the head with a hammer? Flare day. The time when you can’t sleep at.all because of pain/fever/anxiety/all of the above? Flare day. When the...
View Article[Light Work] the Service of Joy, Especially in These Times
I’ve spent a lot of New-Age-hokey-true-wisdom-searching-efforting trying to figure out what joy really is. Is it our true nature, our original essence, the stuff of our Soul? If joy is our true nature,...
View ArticleHow to Clear Negative Energy & Negative Thoughts
Everything found in the universe is made up of energy. This goes for both physical and nonphysical objects. Basic physics and chemistry tells us that a physical object, such as a building, a tree, or...
View ArticleThe Power of Words: How Writing Saved Me from Suicide
In 2003, my best friend and first love killed himself. He would have turned 39 on Flag Day. He did it because he wanted to see more of his newborn son and his ex wouldn’t let him, so he shot himself....
View Article10 Secrets Every Parent Needs to Know about Saying No
“Dr. Laura – I’m not one of those ‘Count to 3 and They Jump’ parents. I was raised that way and it always seems to involve threats and harshness. But I do want my kids to listen to me, and to take No...
View ArticleSix Steps to Bounce Back from Disappointment
Have you ever had an experience in your life where something happened that was extremely disappointing and you feel like it kicked off a domino effect of other bad things? If you’ve ever felt that way,...
View ArticleWhy We Stay When We Know We Should Go
Fear often keeps us in situations that have long passed their expiration dates. We stay in jobs that we no longer enjoy because we are too scared of uncertainty. We stay in relationships that are...
View ArticleFill in the Blank: “The Best Portion of a Good Man’s Life” Is His _______.
Wordsworth describes his response to remembering beautiful country landscapes when he’s in towns and cities: …[O]ft, in lonely rooms, and ‘mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours...
View ArticleI Am Not What I Own
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation of all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle I grew up in an Eastern-European middle-class family. After the Romanian revolution in...
View ArticleFinding Personal Freedom
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.” — William James The world’s most influential people, that go far above and beyond the basic...
View ArticleUnmask the Thieves of Peace
Have you ever been in the midst of that peace called, “sitting in front of the TV with a nice pizza”? You know what happens next! The phone rings or a neighbor drops by and . . . Boom! One’s slice of...
View ArticleStop Choking the F*Ck out of Abundance
This morning as I started my day… I saw the lake shining in its early morning luminosity. Waves pounding against the wooden boards placed just short of the shore, whitecaps soaring over the edges. The...
View ArticleThe Holy Grail. You’ve Reached It. Now What?
Spiritual insight is not an end in itself, but a means to transform our life on earth from mere survival and dominance into compassion and service to others. – Caroline Myss When you’ve passed the...
View ArticleRelax, You Are Exactly Where You’re Meant to Be
“Everything is unfolding exactly as it should. You’re exactly where you’re meant to be.” That’s what several well-intentioned people said to me (or words to that effect) when I was in the middle of my...
View ArticleThe One Piece of Simple Advice That Changed My Life
I wanted to be a psychologist. I was 18 years old. I loved the idea of talking to people all day. I don’t know if it was a voyeuristic thing (I wanted to spy on people’s personal problems) or if I...
View Article[Light Work] Beliefs, Movies & Man Crushes
Lightwork-ers! Episode #4 of the ‘cast is live today: “Beliefs, Movies & Man Crushes,”. All intimate Q&A sourced straight from… you. Like: Have I ever Feng Shui’ed my house? The short answer:...
View ArticleIn Order to Move Forward, Make Space for Stillness
“What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.” – Bruce Lee I have been doing a lot of soul-searching recently. My brother passed away four years ago and the journey through grief has been many things...
View ArticleA World of Hurt
I haven’t written for a while. I have felt overwhelmed by all that’s been going on in the world. Devastating natural disasters that have left thousands of people reeling. Mass shootings. Terrorist...
View Article(Simple Quiz) How Well Do You Love Your Body?
On hot summer days, when bodies are typically more on display, we may feel particularly vulnerable if our body is even a fraction off of the culturally defined perfect 10. Focusing on the ways our body...
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