My Relentlessness in Exploring My Sensuality and Sexuality Transformed My Life
When I started my adult life, I thought sexuality was something I needed to receive from someone (a boyfriend in my case), and sensuality was a taboo word implying that I was asking for attention – all...
View ArticleWhat Excuse Will You Let Go of This Summer?
I have a dream. My dream is that more people in the world will be happier and healthier. Simple, right? I wish… So here are my two cents today on how that may be achieved. I have so much respect for...
View ArticleDo Less to Live More (Cheat Sheet Inside!)
I want you to answer honestly – Do you sometimes wear your busyness or your overscheduled-ness as a badge of honor? When people ask how you’re doing, do you say “Busy, busy, busy…never enough time to...
View ArticleUnrequited Love…When Love (Or a Crush) Is Not Mutual
Today’s topic of dealing with unrequited love is a big pain point for many. If this subject does not apply to you, please consider forwarding this to someone who could benefit from this message. The...
View ArticleDo You Make Excuses For Yourself Based on the “One-Coin Argument”? I Do.
I love paradoxes, parables, koans, aphorisms, fables, Secrets of Adulthood, and teaching stories of all kinds. A while ago, I posted about the “one-coin problem.” This is my phrase to describe what’s...
View ArticleFeeling Stuck in Your Career? Here’s How to Become More Fulfilled in Life and...
It’s so common today to feel unfulfilled, stuck, and stagnant. In work. In life. In career. In relationships. I have so many friends and clients who say they’re working a job they don’t like. Maybe...
View ArticleThree Things I Learned as a Teen Facing Death
How I was forced to change my view of life at an early age I grew up in Togo, a former French colony and small country on the coast of West Africa, sandwiched between Benin and Ghana. I grew up in the...
View ArticleWhat’s the Gain in Pain?
“Sometimes we win, sometimes we learn.” – Lao Tzu One of the most transformational experiences in my life was to find out I was underpaid. I will never forget that day. I turned into a mountain of...
View ArticleWhy Are We Here?
When was the last time you questioned your existence? For some, it might be a question that creeps up the balcony every 2 a.m. and for some, it might be a random uninvited question while taking a...
View ArticleWill Kids Be Ok Without a Dad?
“Dr. Laura…I hate Father’s Day. My children’s father left us and takes no interest in them. And then I get your email about how important fathers are. Are my children scarred for life?” “Dr. Laura…I am...
View Article4 Little Steps to Cultivate Your Love Vibe
Our energy speaks louder than our words. When we want to achieve something, our intentions and vibrations determine the quality of the outcome. If our intentions are based more on fears – like when the...
View ArticleMy “5 Year Plan”…
In the beginning of 2017, 1.5 years ago, I had great goals for myself. I was going to achieve those goals, be very happy, and be a huge success. ZERO of the goals happened. I failed at all of the...
View Article[Light Work] How to Be a Revolutionary for Just Love
Dear Revolutionaries, Episode #5 of LIGHT WORK is about how we bring our ideals to bear on the world. I’m talking about how we can get justice, without incurring too much karma. About how to fight...
View ArticleDeath Is Funny…Well, Sort Of
Okay, hear me out on this one. Death can be funny, both in the odd kind of way and in the laugh-out-loud version. I recently went on what felt like an epic journey to lay my father’s remains to rest....
View ArticleHappiness over Envy – It’s Your Choice
When you are not in a great place it can be so easy to envy other people’s lives and lose sight of your own happiness, especially when we have become a society of sharing so much, with pictures and...
View ArticleTurning Your Journal into an Altar: A How-To Guide
In difficult days, self-care can feel like a luxury that we cannot afford, delicious journals or artful altars can feel ever-so-far away. But it doesn’t have to be this way. And painful times are when...
View ArticleThe Danger of Perennial Parenting
“I promise not to take credit for your accomplishments if you promise not to blame me for your failures.” ~Anonymous Parent Being a parent is a forever endeavor. Active parenting, on the other hand,...
View ArticleKeep It Simple
The little things go a long way. So often we focus on the big changes we want to make in life or the big problems we need to solve and forget about the little, simple things we can do on a daily basis...
View ArticleA Selection of 9 Young-Adult Novels That I Read Over and Over
I love to read. And I love to read children’s and young-adult novels. In fact, I’m in three (yes, three) book groups where we read only “kidlit.” And I love to re-read. I’m sure I’ve read some of my...
View ArticleI Hid so Well, I Didn’t Know I Was Hiding
I hide inside moments. I literally hide there. I am so afraid of change. Whenever something new is on its way to me, I hide inside time. Do you know why I created the Life Reentry® work? Because I...
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