I recently learned about a feng shui ritual for bringing fresh energy into your life. The new year seemed like a perfect time to give it a try. The basics of the ritual: each day for nine days in a Read More
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The Smart Substitute: Saying I’m sorry all the time is degrading your self-worth
I woke up on Christmas day with the first lines from Joni Mitchell’s song Down to You in my head. I couldn’t seem to move on with my day until I listened to the song. After listening to it a couple of Read More
Gossip Isn’t Good for You: How talking shit can wreck your integrity
Gossip isn’t good for you, but you already know that. Loosely defined, gossip is talking about someone from your family, work, church, or community behind their back, and typically in a way, you would not want them to overhear. Gossip Read More
Affinity Tracking: Map the secret symbols of your life
Throughout life, we form attachments to people, places, things, and ideas. Over time, these elements can become essential parts of our personality. I was listening to a podcast the other day in which a woman was talking about her attraction Read More
Thread of Soul: Finding your way when you feel lost in the world
I read an article on leadership and team development this morning, and it discussed, at length, the cost an organization pays for disengaged employees. This made me think that though we don’t necessarily have dollar values or bottom-line financial costs Read More
Cast a Shadow: How to integrate your dark side
I declare this the season of Shadow Work. The fall is a time of decreasing daylight and remembering underworld things. It’s an ideal time for solitary journeys in preparation for the long, contemplative winter. This makes it the perfect time Read More
Audit Your Beliefs
Things change. All things. Our beliefs help us navigate the world, but they shouldn’t limit us from evolving or transforming. Learning when it is time to release an outdated belief or expand and update it, is one of the key Read More
People Aren’t Buzzwords
Authenticity is one of the hottest buzzwords around. Why is modern Western culture so obsessed with genuineness and what precisely, is this tendency countering? If you look deeper at the two main concepts that people merge and confuse with authenticity; Read More
Self-Care Isn’t
Self-care Isn’t meant to be stressful or impractical. If it adds more work without commensurate stress relief, it’s not self-care. Self-care isn’t meant to be another “should” on your long list of obligations If “I should practice self-care” plays on Read More