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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Has “Not Good Enough” Consumed You?
I heard it first as a voice, and a knock at my door. It kept saying, “Let me in! You know you’re not good enough. You’ll never be good enough! You might as well just quit trying to pretend that you can do more, be more, give more, and you’ll finally be enough. It...
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The Gateway to Gratitude
It’s almost Thanksgiving again. Time for the G-word. Yes, Gratitude. Gratitude is a beautiful spiritual practice that can quickly shift your perspective from a place of victimhood, despair, and anger to one of appreciation, contentment, and serenity. It can...
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Are We Addicted to Unfulfillment?
Amidst the ups and downs of the apparent story of our life, I believe we each have a deeper purpose, a greater story waiting to be discovered and told. We are here to claim, embody, and bring forth the unique divine spark that resides in each one of us. And we...
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Pilgrimage: A Call to Compassion
The Basilica of St Francis of Assisi. The suffering in this world can feel overwhelming at times. Violence, cruelty, spite and indifference abound. Yet when we turn to spiritual teachings to comfort us in the face of suffering, it can be confusing. I...
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