Things look better when we’re grateful. Gratitude is our most ever-present, accessible medicine. When we enjoy a moment with gratitude, we saturate ourselves in something pleasurable. Savoring simple happenings helps us to accept — and even begin to love — our...
“I think one of my favorite feelings is laughing with someone and realizing halfway through how much you enjoy them and their existence.” @createthelove Life is really hard some days. Entire months and years can be hard. We all need to be able to bravely feel...
We are heal-able. Able to heal from stress, disappointments, and trauma. But healing from emotional trauma doesn’t just happen once for all time — it happens on a continuum over time. We have to keep at it. Consciously noticing letdowns and offenses as they arise, we...
Metaphorically speaking, there’s a part of me which needs to be trimmed off. A branch of my expanding tree-Self that needs pruning. So…I’m deliberately removing that bent branch. It’s requiring concerted effort! What is it? The not-so-good LISTENER part of myself....
Did someone you love misunderstood you, or hurt your feelings recently? How did you handle it? My tendency: stick up for myself, to “make” them understand me! But this usually leads to more conflict! Others of us tend to: snap back defensively, be sarcastic, give them...
Presence can be your reliable holiday miracle. Being consciously present is a wake-up into what actually IS… versus what you’re thinking, dreading or fearing, hoping for or regretting. All of those originate in the mind—they’re not reality! Being present with whatever...
