Quench Your Thirst For More
Imagine yourself wandering amidst a wild expanse of unchartered land when you come upon a small trickle of water making its way through a mostly dry river bed. It’s barely enough to wet your whistle, certainly not enough to sustain your life. Feeling dehydrated, you...
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Are You Ready to Live Your Life as Light?
Recently I attended an evening where Arun Gandhi, grandson of the great Mahatma Gandhi, was speaking as part of his "Live Your Life as Light" tour. It was an extremely inspiring evening, and I left reflecting on what it means to live your light. How can we live...
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It’s Your Life, and You’re Invited!
Whether you are conscious of it or not, your life is a spiritual journey. If you spend all your years chasing fame, money, status and recognition, it’s still a spiritual journey. If you spend your time hating, judging, and inflicting cruelty, it’s still a spiritual...
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Falling From the Self – Care Superwoman Pedestal
Early in my recovery from co-dependency, I remember someone suggesting I should shift the focus from taking care of others to taking care of myself. At the time, that seemed like an almost impossible order. What did I like to do? What did I need? What did I want? ...
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Living “Awake and Alive” at Sevenoaks Retreat Center
Something very special happens when you drive onto the property at Sevenoaks Retreat Center. Winding down the long gravel driveway, I always feel like I am arriving home. Sevenoaks is my spiritual home. The land here has been called “spiritually seasoned,” as the...
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Are You Chasing Pleasure or Running Away From Pain?
At different points in my life I have bought into the idea that life could be the utopia I heard about in the storybooks. Certainly when I was younger I believed that it was possible to find Prince Charming, settle down with two kids, a dog, and a white picket...
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Have You Ever Seen Through the Eyes of Your Heart?
I have a special friend. We began as acquaintances, because our daughters were good friends. Eventually we began to spend time together socially, and although we were quite different our connection grew. I’d say we had a pretty strong friendship, sharing our...
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Maximize Your Creative Power: Reconnect to the Source
January is now in full swing...have you written your New Years resolutions, set your goals, made your to-do lists? Are you determined that THIS year will be the year you finally achieve those goals? Maybe they have already fallen by the wayside, or you did not even...
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A Sacred Pause on the Threshold of Possibility
In between letting go of the old and welcoming the new, it’s important to honor the space of stillness between the two. As we begin another New Year, I invite you to indulge in a Sacred Pause…an opportunity to slow down, relax, and carve out some time for reflection on the previous year.
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Can Safe and Secure Include Love and Serenity?
With the recent violence in our country and elsewhere in the world, the conversation on what our response should be is very controversial. Should we respond with love? Should we respond with aggression? Should we close our borders? Should we enact stricter gun control...
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