cleaning windows

Posted by on Apr 8, 2010 in relationships | 3 comments Someone for whom I care deeply has been very very busy for months now and has had little time to devote to our relationship.  At first I took it personally and was very hurt.  I thought it meant that she did not want to spend time with me.  I cleared that out of the way and no longer felt hurt.  I stopped taking it personally.  Then I got mad because I thought she “should” make...
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committed love

Posted by on Jan 8, 2010 in cultivating peace, relationships | 2 comments With delightful curiosity, a client recently asked, “What is the benefit of participating in a committed relationship?”  Great question.  I’m a fan of the long term commitment to learning to love one person and letting that person learn to love me.  Yet, with her question, I couldn’t quite find the words to answer the question. So here’s round 2 of my attempt...
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real gifts

Posted by on Dec 10, 2009 in relationships | 0 comments Just hear those sleigh bells ringaling . . . Surely I’m not the only one to realize that here we are in the middle of December and I’ve done nothing, that’s nuh-thing with a capital “NUH.”  The sweet part about this for me is that this doesn’t really bother me.  I consider it to be one of those charming idiosyncrasies about myself that I just embrace.  For...
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sacred threads ~ defining ego

Posted by on Nov 23, 2009 in cultivating peace, relationships, sacred threads, this i believe | 0 comments OK.  I’ll give it a go. First, let’s hear from Webster. Pronunciation: \??-(?)g? also ?e-\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural egos Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, I — more at i Date: 1789 1 : the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world 2 a : egotism 2 b : self-esteem 1 3 : the one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that...
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listening through the ego’s ears

Posted by on Nov 19, 2009 in cultivating peace, relationships | 0 comments I can always tell the difference when someone is listening to me through their ego and when they are listening to me through their heart.  However, I’m not always so adept at discerning when I’m listening through the ears of my ego and when I’m listening through the ears of my heart. Nonetheless, I’m practicing…a work in process.  Sometimes, people say how hard...
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releasing the past ~ embracing the present

Posted by on Oct 30, 2009 in cultivating peace, power of now, relationships | 3 comments Last weekend, I had a blast!  I got to spend the weekend in the gorgeous Smoky Mountains facilitating a women’s weekend retreat.  Nature, in Her glory, mirrored the multi-colored brilliance of these amazing women.  Together, we explored the theme of fully embracing the unique beauty and magnificence that is each of us while learning a powerful tool for releasing the pain of our past...
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