It was just a feeling, but one I’ve had before. The feeling your life is too tight. Like a jacket, you wish to discard, only there’s nothing else to wear. This is it. This stage used to scare me a lot until I understand a little bit more of the spiritual process of […]
In the land of Facebook where, for the most part, everything is seen as “light, happy, and all is well in the world”, admitting any kind of sadness or depression feels like failure. So instead, we mask it, deny it, push it away, or pull ourselves up from our bootstraps, and move on. […]
I wish I could say I always took the high road, but I’d be lying. When someone says something that I feel is an attack, or tries to make me feel less than, my impulse is to educate them (loudly) about all the ways they’re screwing up. Needless to say, they don’t hear me, and […]
“Joy is truly the greatest threat to the separated self, for it comes from union.” A Course of Love “I just want you to be happy.” Isn’t that what we tell those we love? Isn’t that what we tell ourselves? That we just want to be happy? And yet, when circumstances conform to our liking, […]
Like the rabbit in the Tortoise and the Hare, our minds are always going full boar, racing ahead toward the finish line to get more done. We feel almost a sinister pleasure as we pass that car, fit in one more errand, or write one last email – as if we beat the opponent of […]
“Acceptance does not require any action, but it will lead to action that is consistent with who you are when you are fully comfortable in your acceptance of who you are.” A Course of Love Another text, another email, and still no answer. I just hired someone to help with my business, someone whom, […]
I woke up with a heavy heart – again. I hated this sadness. Hated that I didn’t feel more grateful for my life. There were so many things I could be grateful for, but every time I tried to pull gratitude out of the bag, it never reached my heart. “It’s the way I’m seeing […]
The Tibetan term bardo refers to the state in which an old reality has been lost. It is no longer available to us, but we have yet to step into a new one. Bardo is the time when an old pattern, behavior, or form in our life leaves. We were either ready for it to […]
Recently a friend and I were talking about family and the drama that often accompanies the holidays. “I’m getting better at detaching,” she said, “but it’s hard not to feel responsible with family.” It’s true. So much we want our loved ones and ourselves to feel happy during the holidays (and any time else, […]
Probably one of the most common uncertainties we all face is “what should I do about…?” Whether it’s with our kids, our jobs, our relationships, we struggle to know the “right” answer. Our heads argue one side, but then we question ourselves and find ourselves uncertain and confused. How exactly do we know […]