The following excerpt is taken from the book Fully Alive From 9 to 5! (ISBN0-9685566-8-X). The original book has been updated and is now in its' 3rd Edition titled Fully Alive: Awakening Health, Humor, Compasion and Truth We spend more time at work than we spend anywhere else in our lives. For at least five days out of seven, we go to a place where we do ... Continue Reading >>
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Addiction: Recovery or Re-Discovery?
It took a long time to come back from that not-so-slow descent into illness, depression and a loss of interest in being alive. Fortunately, when these moments were at their most intense, I had not yet become a mother. The greatest damage was done only to myself and given my existing state of mind, that didn't seem to matter much. Once it became ... Continue Reading >>
Accelerated Healing: Safety, Science and a Touch of the Sacred
Far too many are struggling with chronic, debilitating dis-eases that begin in the structure of our thoughts and eat their way through the tissue of our body. We even have language to represent this notion, when we talk about someone being 'consumed' by a problem or another who has something 'eating at them'. What begins as an expression of energy in the ... Continue Reading >>
Thoughts on… Abundance
When I think of abundance, I am reminded of a picture that was given to me by a very close friend. A budding photographer, she had captured a cluster of cherry blossoms as they vied for space to become fully expressive on the tree in Japan that was their home. So fertile ... and so ripe ... each small blossom seemed to be pushing and shoving to find a sliver ... Continue Reading >>
2012: Desperation or Inspiration?
Time does seem to be flying by, accelerating and propelling us toward the date that has already reached mythical proportions in our time. Today, it is very rare indeed, to find someone who does not react to the notion of 2012; each in his or her own way, but react they do! As mindful as I am today about 2012, I’ve never taken the time to stop... take a ... Continue Reading >>
Farewell to Facebook
Today, I left Facebook. Can’t even remember how long I’ve been on Facebook - it has become such a habit of body and mind. When bored, I would flip through postings for pictures of my family members; updates on Gaia’s latest global messages; or something funny or inspirational to propel me through my day. And those are but a few of the reasons for my ... Continue Reading >>
Finding my tribe…
Perhaps, if we can find grace in our own mortality, we can find courage in our day-to-day expression of Life. One of the great benefits of ‘retirement’ is a redistribution of time. Same number of hours in a day - different allocation of how I embrace them. So often, I would be frustrated by the many, many books, articles, videos, podcasts, etc. that I ... Continue Reading >>