Happy New Year!  I hope that everyone’s holiday was joyous and celebratory. I went to Sedona for my first time.  I packed up the cooler, stuck it in the back of the car and road tripped it to cacti abound Arizona!  There is so much hype around Sedona that I wondered if I would experience the energy the way that everyone talks about. I don’t think one necessarily has to be sensitive to energy to feel how vibrant and alive the land is.  However, if you are sensitive to energy or have an appreciation for beauty; HOLY CACTUS! The sheer beauty of the red rock formations scattered with green desert fauna was a crisp contrast to the bluest sky I had ever seen. My most memorable moment…A Native American sweat lodge! I have heard … Read entire article »

Well, the holidays are here and there seems to be a tangible state of panic and fear. The economy is the worst it has been in a long time and the stock market is worse then the crash of 1929. It is really hard to not get sucked into the emotions and panic of what is happening. I have been doing a lot of work with my clients lately around how they can nurture themselves through this time, how to shift perspectives into focusing on what matters most and how to create from a place of abundance, not lack and limitation. These ways of being are essential to not only finding happiness but sustaining happiness. It is kind of like being the observer of what goes on around you without getting pulled directly into … Read entire article »

I thought I would write a little poem about the most important word to me today. What is truth to you? Truth is something that is personal and only you know what your own is. Truth is something that sometimes hurts very badly but it is always for the best. Truth is based on a belief that may or may not serve you. Truth can be one of the hardest things to speak forth, yet when spoken feels like a winter coat being taken off in summer. Truth lies in the depth of our being, but not necessarily always being in depth. If Truth is hiding in the shadows, some light will illuminate that darkness. Truth allows a space of openness once it’s realized. Truth is something so coveted by the individual because once understood, that is all there … Read entire article »

Today, one of my clients asked how it has been for me to go through transitions. I smiled to myself because I have had some experience with transitions. Haven’t we all? Some transitions can be smooth, some the polar opposite. Anytime I have experienced the latter one, it always feels rough, clumsy and downright scary. (I’m putting it mildly in some cases I can remember!)   Sometimes a mere thought of moving into the unknown is reason enough for fear. Looking back in my life, every transition I have ever experienced was always for the better. Even the one’s that didn’t look so pretty.  They always lead to a place of learning, growth and expansion. No matter what it is, this is always the case. On a foggy day where the fog is so thick that … Read entire article »

I recently went on a trip to the Philippines.  I had no idea what to expect and pretty much thought the worse.  I landed in Manila and drove 6 hours to a town called Baguio.  I stopped along the way to visit different villages and got a glimpse of how people lived there.  I was surprised to meet some of the nicest, most humble and gentle people I have ever met.   Feeling like a minority, I was a bit surprised at how I was received.  What I found there was amazing.  People living, by our standards, in very unfavorable conditions. Yet, there was a smile on their face and what food they had, they would offer it. There was also a politeness that was just their way of relating, … Read entire article »

I know I am thinking too much when it’s hard for me to feel Farris wheels are spinning so fast that the memories become so real I’m in the fight of my life, don’t worry I got you covered like a shield This is my mind as it talks and plays games like deal or no deal I want to know my pain and joy but to know this I have to feel It’s like trying to open up an envelope to get the prize without breaking the seal I’m fastened and tied, part of me has died Maybe it was the love withheld or maybe just the lies If I hold on to my past, I can’t be in the present moment Family can feel so divided like a dividend with no quotient Now it’s time to be, by … Read entire article »

This reminds me of an Aerosmith song that stuck in my head. Someone asked me to write about the past and letting go of it, so here is what I have to say. These are my perceptions and my truths only. Letting go of the past is like swimming in the ocean trying to get to shore being attached to a buoy. The past IS gone.  But if it is gone, why is it still here?  It cannot be changed and it cannot be rewritten. The time and energy that is spent on wishing it was different can keep one stuck in it. Resistance to the past just brings and feeds more of that same energy to it. You want to let go of the past? Then don’t resist it. Embrace it. Accept that it happened. Hey, I may go as … Read entire article »

The word alone manifests an expectation. Out comes…? Out comes a baby. Out comes laughter. Out comes anger. Out comes an expectation of something I am hoping for. This simple word has never looked and felt as daunting as now. What is even more shackling is the feeling that I am attached to it. We can all tend to get attached to outcomes. I think it is a part of human behavior to enter into a situation with an outcome in mind. We act out of our own interest. We are creative beings who fantasize what an outcome will be or what it looks like. How something will play out. When doing this, I am not in the moment, in the journey or enjoying either one. I am only in the future and in agenda of what I think the outcome should be. Ah, … Read entire article »

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king”s horses and all the king”s men Couldn”t put Humpty together again. I have heard this nursery rhyme since I was a little kid, but I now have a different and more optimistic viewpoint… “Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.” But if he did not have this great fall,  he would have not broken into pieces. Maybe Humpty wanted to experience the feeling of being whole. The only way he could do this was to break. How can we even know what wholeness or balance or feeling good feels like if we do not know the polarity? When I would hear the nursery rhyme, I would always feel bad for him. In present time, looking at the nursery rhyme, I … Read entire article »

This couple had a favorite spot to camp together while spending a few nights under the stars. Year after year, they went back to this very spot for their anniversary. They always sat by this one tree that was fairly small when they first started going. Every year they set up camp under its shaded branches while it grew bigger and taller. They watched it grow from a small infant tree into a flourishing, vivacious living entity. They always commented how much taller the tree has become and how large it was becoming. They thought “wow, that””s a huge tree, magnificent!”  Returning to their favorite spot by the tree one year, they noticed that part of the tree had been hollowed out and it wasn’t looking as healthy. The next year they returned, they saw … Read entire article »