gifts of silence

Posted by on Mar 22, 2010 in meditation, mindfulness | 2 comments It’s been a while since I’ve written.  My apologies.  I’ve been quiet inside myself for a while — I went a on a silent retreat in early March and seemed to have just continued in the silence inside myself.  I treasure these times of silence and didn’t want to push myself to write when really I just felt silent inside. I find silence to be nourishing to my soul. ...
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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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wanna feel better?

Posted by on Jul 27, 2009 in this i believe | 2 comments My VA extraordinaire, Terri, suggested that I make a mini-video telling you about my class.  I’ve not made little videos before, but I did it!  Is there something you’ve not done before that you or someone else thought might be beneficial for you to do? What are you waiting for?  As you can see, this little video’s not perfect, so what?  Join me and try something...
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how long do you want to feel bad?

Posted by on Jul 22, 2009 in cultivating peace, this i believe | 2 comments A client recently shared that she and her husband had a bit of a row.  And, although she now has a plethora of effective tools at her fingertips to clear and release negative feelings, she just wanted to feel bad for a while.  So she gave herself 5 minutes, “I’m going to be as mad as I want to be for 5 minutes and then I’ll let it go!” Now, there’s a couple of...
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