As a holistic counselor and coach, exploring love is paramount. So often when a client comes in we spend a lot of time talking about what love is not and the havoc it wreaks, so when I came across this quote from Ann Landers I found it to be very refreshing. I hope you do too!
If you are intrigued there is likely a message in this story for you because with intuition the logic comes later...
Have you ever wanted something from someone who wasn't able to give it to you? Did you keep hoping that it might be different this next time? Sometimes a part of one person's story can become a part of another person's awakening. Might this be a part of yours?
Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy? Whatever you believe you will find all kinds of information to back it. But only the truth can bring forth genuine happiness.
No one changes unless they want to...
...So I took a few deep, cleansing breaths and as I did another picture appeared—a picture of a mother who missed me and didn’t know how to express it... I hold dear in my heart that first time she initiated a call saying, “I know that you’re busy but when you have a chance do you think we could meet for breakfast?”
Jesus didn’t say to the sick man He healed at Bethesda, “Cut out gluten and see me again in 2 weeks.” He said, “Wilt thou be made whole?” ~John 5:6 KJV or in the NIV translation, “Do you want to get well?”
A few years back I had an “aww… that’s soooo sad” thought with its associated sinking feeling after seeing a dead deer on the side of the road. But it was immediately followed by something I had read years before that made sense. This reckoning changed everything for me..
He loved her well, can be interpreted as he did a good job of loving her. It also can be interpreted as he loved her back to health. What might that even look like? It's good stuff!
Did you get the finger wag with it’s accompanying, “You should have known better,” as a kid rather than the arm around the shoulder that says, “How could you have known. You’ve never been in a situation like this before?” If so you have likely developed a high tolerance for pain.
My Valentine’s Day Blog is dedicated to my mom. A handful of you know that she left this world last summer at the age of 91. The Words of Remembrance I wrote in her honor were prompted by some cool stuff that happened the day following her passing and wound up being a conversation about love, gratitude and relationships. What better subjects for the holiday that celebrates love!
Tips for 2019: The heart of the matter may not be where you think it is and the right kind of core strength-training can positively impact all your relationships including your relationship with yourself.
If you can create an abundance of what you don't want then you are just as capable of creating an abundance of what you do want but easier said than done at times.
Have you ever tried to plan something in your head and had it unfold more easily and elegantly than you could have imagined? Those kinds of surprises are the sweetest tasting...
If Jesus were here right now I’m thinking that He wouldn’t be saying, “Me Too.”...
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays because it celebrates love and I’m all about that. I think of love as a spiritual term and integrity as its personal growth equivalent...
Why are some New Years resolutions more difficult to fulfill than others?
Not only is the Winter Solstice the shortest day and longest night but it's also a fantastic time for a mini-life-review. Say what? Read on...
We are all friends in this Love and for your friendship I am grateful.
I’ve been reading people’s “spiritual” takes on the eclipse and they vary widely. A gloom and doom story sent me in pursuit of understanding. The truth is, we assume with our own filters. So I asked my Higher Self for her view as I walked my pup today and this is what I got...