Posts by Christine Grauer
16 Lessons I Learned from My Mom’s Passing
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…
Read MoreImpersonal Love
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…
Read More6 Things COVID-19 has Taught Us Humans
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…
Read MoreHow to Forgive the Unforgivable
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.…
Read MoreMeditation. Why the Hype?
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…
Read MoreChange is “Good”
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…
Read MoreOur Habitual Patterns
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…
Read MoreSubconscious Beliefs and Love – A Talk
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…
Read MoreMy First Blog Post! An Oath.
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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