There are times when our primary relationships, as in those with our mothers, are not as ideal as we might want them to be. The mother relationship can be fraught with loss and yearning or psychic weight and unresolved tension. The heart is left rumpled, hunkered-down and uneasy. Given circumstance, illness, trauma and the like, […]
Isn’t it time to take a deep breath, a really deep breath? The following meditation is to help us regain a bit of serenity in our overstuffed lives and overactive brains. Allow yourself to get comfortably settled into a chair and take easy, deep breaths. Good; see, you can do this. Now all you need to do is […]
Being without a mother is special kind of club. Only those that share the experience understand the profound ache for once what was or could have been. Mothers are lost for a myriad of reasons – be it childbirth itself, accident, illness, poverty, circumstances of family, culture, or fate, and the like. Mothers, though physically […]
Our connection with the Divine or whatever face or name we give God is very personal. It is an intimate relationship. And we human beings, being we human beings, see and experience the divine in a multitude of ways. I don’t know about you, but I see and sense the Divine in many places – […]
At this critical time in history, it is more important than ever for us to pause and remember the courageous Elie Wiesel, tireless defender of peace and advocate for the persecuted, repressed and disenfranchised. Wiesel, age 87, died this weekend at his home in New York City. We will mourn his death. And we will […]
Light is an amazing phenomena. We know when it is missing. Light can shift and change in its intensity, spectrum, and bandwidth. Light is an energy that has the power to heal and the power to destroy. When you raised your soul hand to be here, you said, “Yes!” to awakening and enlightenment. The […]
As a Red Cross volunteer, this fall I was asked to deploy to South Carolina in the aftermath of the historic flooding in the state. These adventures are always eye-opening. I often think I live under a rock in the comfortability of my routines. These Red Cross experiences expand my world and, equally, stretch my […]
“I No Longer Pray For Peace” By Ann Weems On the edge of war, one foot already in, I no longer pray for peace I pray for miracles. I pray that stone hearts will turn to tenderheartedness And evil intentions will turn to mercifulness. And all the soldiers already deployed will be snatched out of […]
Given the world events — be it terrorism, sudden deaths, weather disasters — everything feels terribly fragile right now. The world feels smaller and scarier. Who knows what will happen next? We hold our breaths and wait with fear tightening our hearts. Whether we like it or not, each and everyone of us are connected […]
Whether you fall down, fall behind, fall in, fall out, free fall, or fall apart, here are seven steps to help you navigate these swirling times and protect your Best Self: 1. Anchor yourself. Envision yourself as a magnificent tree with deep roots into the earth. Connect with those deep roots and ground. Pull the […]
