When we talk about simplifying our lives, often our perception is that we need to minimize all that we have. But that is not necessarily true. In fact, we ca...

It’s obvious that the world feels very uncertain right now. However, there are two basic responses any of us can choose to have: one of fear or one of faith....

From childhood, all we want to do is to fit in with our peers. And as children, we are not usually mature enough to stand our ground when we are, in fact, so...

As empaths we often expect others to just know how we are feeling and what we need or want. That's because very often we, in fact, know what others need and w...

We all want to be perceived as someone who has it all together. We want others to see us as happy, successful, fulfilled, and on track with how our life is g...

Mmmm, soup. There's nothing like indulging in a hot bowl of hearty soup on a cold wintery day. I made one of my favorite soups today: my own version of Greek...

There is a running “joke” in my family that highlights my ability to get super excited about the smallest of things, from mashed potatoes, to dark chocolate ...

Ever heard the expression, “You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”? What this really means is that if we want others to hear us out, we cannot st...

We all have goals in life and often we hope that those goals are aligned with what we came here to do. But sometimes along the way we find ourselves struggli...

We all have wisdom to share. From our experiences to the knowledge we have accumulated over the years, each of us has something valuable to impart on the wor...

We say that we want change in our lives, but how often are we really willing to do what is necessary to make that happen? We say that we want to be in a lovi...

The other day while in meditation, this thought came to me: Pain is an illusion created by the mind to justify its own limited thinking. Now, when I wrote th...

Sometimes as coaches, counselors, mentors, and teachers many of us feel pressure to be perfectly self-actualized so that we don't come off as hypocrites. We ...

Okay, so if you’ve been around the self-help block for a minute you have undoubtedly heard of the term “acting as if.” But, like many others, you probably ar...

When the topic of “positive thinking” comes up, many skeptics will say that while in theory it might seem nice to think positively, reality doesn’t always ma...

Except for a select few, it is highly doubtful that any of us are really here to become a saint. However, there are many people on the spiritual path that ar...

So many of us are afraid to be vulnerable so we put on masks and we take on personas all to be accepted and loved. But what is it about being real and vulner...

When we are younger, we are fearless, adventurous, and brave, not to mention full of hope for our future. We feel invincible, like nothing can touch us, and w...

Have you ever noticed patterns repeating in your life that you just didn’t understand? Perhaps you’ve been attracting the same types of people or experiencin...

It seems as though spirituality has become trendy in recent years. Now, while religious ceremony and rituals have existed for millennia, the whole “spiritual...