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16 Lessons I Learned from My Mom’s Passing

May 25, 2021

On May 21, 2021, my best friend and beautiful mother passed into a new life experience. She went from being my Earth Angel to my Divine Angel.  After World War 2, at the courageous and hopeful age of 18, Mom left a life of scarcity and lack in Germany and followed her dreams. With no…

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Impersonal Love

Impersonal Love

Feb 14, 2021

We love our parents, our children, our pets, our partners, and our dear friends. And perhaps chocolate too. But what prevents us from loving a stranger and telling them, “I Love You”? The majority of us give and receive love personally. We’re selective about who we love and how we love them. And there’s nothing…

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Corona virus

6 Things COVID-19 has Taught Us Humans

Sep 13, 2020

In a matter of a couple of weeks, life as we knew it drastically changed. But in its wake, a tiny virus brought some great lessons for humanity. 1. Slow down With no choice in the matter, life came to a screeching halt. There was no school to drop the kids at, no dentist or…

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How to Forgive the Unforgivable

Jul 11, 2019

Perhaps you’ve experienced something that you believe is unforgivable, and the memory of the person or incident haunts you. You relive the experience in your mind over and over and think about how wrong, cruel, unacceptable, or unfair the person or event was. Maybe you truly want to forgive someone, but you don’t know how.…

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Meditation

Meditation. Why the Hype?

Jan 31, 2019

When “organic” and “gluten-free” became buzz words, corporations jumped in and started churning out these products, albeit with lesser quality and questionable standards. I see a similar trend starting with meditation programs. It’s great that meditation is becoming widely accepted as a healthy lifestyle habit, when only about 10 year ago, it was considered weird…

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Yes

Change is “Good”

Dec 24, 2018

I generally don’t attach labels, such as “good” or “bad” in my use of language, but in this case, I will; solely to illustrate that change is something we should all embrace. Simple tools – catch and release those pesky limiting beliefs Continuing from the last post on Our Habitual Patterns, one tool to disrupt…

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Habits

Our Habitual Patterns

Nov 26, 2018

Our same old ways… Ever try to change something in your life, like eat healthy or exercise regularly, but find yourself slipping back and reverting to the way it’s always been? You start off with great vigor and intention, but you continually fall back into your old ways and habitual patterns, no matter how great…

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Subconscious mind

Subconscious Beliefs and Love – A Talk

Nov 10, 2018

Playing with surrendering and allowing I took a train-the-trainer workshop on Breathing for Better Health with Shiv Talwar, the founder of SHEN (Spiritual Heritage Education Network). One evening in class, Shiv mentioned that a planned speaker was unable to present at the upcoming SHEN conference. The topic of conference was Cultivating Love. I just about…

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My First

My First Blog Post! An Oath.

Oct 24, 2018

My first post! I’ve been waiting for the perfect time to write this. I kept coming up with excuses to delay. Procrastinate. Always finding more important things that needed to be done. Excuses as to why I didn’t really need to do a blog post. In other words, I was scared. I’m still scared. Nervous.…

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