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I am of the last generation that will ever remember typing up school papers on a typewriter or a word processor (for when it got really fancy).
We are the last ones who had to use fat, heavy encyclopedias to get facts and information.
My generation is the final one to...
A really important element in self-love is being able to use information about yourself to optimize your life.
Self-love is wonderful all on its own. It will change your life, your relationships, your finances, your desires, pretty much everything. If there is only ONE thing to...
It's funny, part of what I do is help people live their dream lives, yet I have kept my dream pretty close to the chest.
It's not something I share with a lot of people. I thought I'd switch that up today by telling you a bit of my dream.
I have many personal...
If you've come across any kind of healing work, whether that is with a shamanic practitioner, coach, guide, reiki master, and sometimes even with a traditional therapist, you have likely heard the word "container" used. It is a somewhat elusive term that is the cornerstone of what makes healing...
For about eight weeks this summer I was without a home. As you can imagine, it was a pretty challenging time. But I gotta tell ya, I gained an awful lot by living with less.
I learned some invaluable lessons during this difficult time that resulted in gifts I can carry with me for the...
Fun is not universal.
That may be common knowledge, but it is something I learned not long ago. After I got sober, fun was one of the many parts of my life I had to reexamine. It was one of the most surprising parts of my life I had to reexamine.
It never occurred to me...
You have the opportunity to be loved today deeper and stronger and more thoroughly than you've ever been loved before.
There have been times in your life when you've been treated unfairly.
Someone hurt you when they should have protected you.
Your cries for compassion have fallen on...
I believe there are many options for paths to travel here on the physical plane that we call Life, Reality, Earth. I reckon they each come with different roles and reasons.
I can only speak for what I've learned on the path of the sacred warrior, that which I travel this time...
How much time do you spend reflecting on your past?
If you're like most people, reflections tend to fall on all of the times you misspoke, misstepped, misunderstood or simply missed out. Our present can be plagued by I should have done _____________ differently from the past, which has...
I want to keep my post short today because it really is simple.
I don't often make blanket statements or recommendations. I believe we are all on our own path with our own purpose and live lives that honor that. However, I have found one thing to be true across the board no matter...
When you're down, lift someone up.
When we get into tough states of being it's really easy to feel down and drag everything down with us. Even our lips fall susceptible to gravity. Once we're down there in the mud and muck of our own experience, it's rather difficult to see...
Today I was asked what advice I would give my teenage self if I could go back with all the info I have now.
Certainly there are many warnings I could give her knowing the difficulties she has coming her way...
I could share with her the outcomes of some of the destructive choices she's considering...
Tis the season for contagious common illness like the cold and the flu. Today I'd like to offer you a well-researched preventative for illness and disease that you can start utilizing right away to boost your immune system.
Temperatures are dropping (I mean, I assume they are. I live...
In honor of October 31st, let's take a look at our lives through the lens of this ancient holiday known to us now as Halloween.
Halloween is pretty much the bastard child of an old Celtic festival called Samhain. Before that region of the world was colonized by the Roman Empire, the Celts marked...
At the beginning of October I stepped up to participate in The Ultimate Blog Challenge, which entails writing and posting daily for the entire month. Now that the challenge has come to a close, I'll share with you the most important thing I learned and throw a challenge your way!
In my...
Nobody knows you like you know you. You are the expert of yourself and your life.
If you're not, you're in for a lifetime of anxiety and discontent.
Of course it can be helpful to seek counsel outside of yourself, but only if used as a tool to reveal the truth inside...
