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Writing about love on Valentine’s Day seems appropriate. Finding love, keeping it alive and honoring it is something we all seek. I have had enough experience to know it’s not always easy and when you get it right, every day is worth celebrating. I’ve arrived at a happy place where I know the necessary elements to …

Getting the courage to change can be a long-term process or a stance you swiftly adopt. For some, it’s a matter of finally getting fed up with distress and upset. For others, an event can make you turn on a dime. I’ve experienced both. In the clinical supervision group I conduct, we are reading “Rising …

Compassion was shown to me as an essential instrument of transformation,  changing you from inside to out. Whether you use it as a leader in your work, or personally with family and friends, the outcome is the same; it impacts you and everyone around you. In meditation, I was given a download of information about …

Self-improvement has emerged as a theme during the long months of the pandemic. I have seen it for myself and many clients have embarked on this internal process of determining what they want. Likely it is the social isolation and the quiet that has caused this self-reflection. What does this process entail and what can …

We are finally turning a corner.  As we inaugurate a new president, get vaccinated and roll out new plans for our country, the feeling of anticipation is coming on strong. The hope and expectancy, the eagerness for change suddenly feels like a dam  breaking. I can’t get enough of it soon enough. The feeling of …

Where is your motivation right now? I have been thrown off balance by the violence and chaos at the capitol and am asking myself this question. At a time when I am usually plowing into my new year plans with training and projects, I am distracted and confused. Are you feeling this? I have been …

Change is coming – it is inevitable and 2021 will likely deliver it up in spades. With resistance taking a front seat in politics, to the point where people are seriously identifying with it, it seems a good time to remind ourselves of the obvious. Nothing is permanent. Our survival in life is dependent on …

Every year I make resolutions – they are more like wishes – and every year I conduct a ritual to review the ones of last year and contemplate the new ones. It is a twenty-year tradition that has brought great meaning and satisfaction. That is until this year. After the travesty of last year’s resolutions, …

It is time for reflection  – to reconcile the events of the year that have left us perplexed and adrift. It is the winter solstice, a time to hunker into our inner most selves to consider what wants to surface. It is time for a holiday break, a much-needed respite after the long slog of …

Connecting to the revelations of this year of challenge has been a theme surfacing in numerous places. In my workshop, “2020 Year In Review” I was surprised as one profound insight after another was shared. I see it in posts on social media as well. What does this say about us? With the media’s focus …