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You know the thrill of walking on a beach and finding the perfect shell.  It’s like a gift. Lately I’ve had a stunning run of these random occurrences, highlighting for me that random is not always so random. Let me share the lessons I’m seeing. There is significance to all of life’s events. When putting …

After a week of hosting my friends from Ghana, I realize it is time to expand my dreams. Something more wants to happen and again I recognize I’ve been living too small. Let me share how this awareness has come, so you’ll recognize the signs for yourself. My dream of seeing the world, not as …

How interesting – I’m in conversation with several people about how to create something big! As my husband and I launch our non-profit, we are aware that it’s growing exponentially in scale. In meetings with a creative partner, we listened in awe to the magnitude of her ideas and vision. And in a meeting with …

Have you ever dealt with a difficult family member? I have and I am breaking a family rule of silence to even write this.  But there are important lessons in my experience I would like to share. My parents have spent most of our lives tolerating something the rest of my siblings have found intolerable. …

It’s Spring in Kentucky and our horse farms are coming alive with baby foals galloping alongside their mothers. Is Spring tapping your urge to engage in something new as well? The warmer weather and increased light usually creates a rise in energy to be more creative. I visited a friend’s horse farm to see the …

One of the greatest gifts of my lifestyle is stillness – I have realized it is the ultimate teacher. After coming out of weeks of being intensely busy with many irons in the fire and lots of stress, I couldn’t wait for the weekend and stillness. I’ve been working on a grant, organizing and attending …

At a friend’s funeral, it was noted that Art was a superhero, and in the end even he had to take off his cape.* There were chuckles because, yes it was true, he was like a larger than life action figure. And there was a collective sigh, knowing he too was a regular guy who, …

Why is there so much focus on living life with purpose? What does a purpose filled life give you that makes it so important?  I’ve been around many purpose filled people lately and love recognizing what makes them different. Let me share what I’ve noticed. In the last week, I attended a workshop by Buddhists …

Everyone has heard like attracts like, but what if you are attracting things you don’t want? Despite it sounding so easy, there is a lot of subtlety to making the Law of Attraction work. I’ve had interesting conversations about this over the last week. In talking with people at home and while traveling, I heard …

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been shown what happens when you feed your heart and soul. If you are like me, you stay busy and put a lot of energy into everything you do. How do you fill yourself back up and what happens when you do? Several weeks ago, I attended a …