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Personal Transformation·2024-02-01

Breaking Free from Limiting Beliefs

Breaking Free from Limiting Beliefs It’s a tricky business, being human. We arrive with such open hearts, such a deep, instinctual trust in the world. And then… life happens. A careless word from a parent, a painful comparison in the classroom, a

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The Role of Self-Reflection in Personal Transformation

I was standing at the kitchen sink a few weeks ago, washing a ceramic bowl, the warm water running over my hands. I glanced up and caught my reflection in the dark window over the sink. For a split second, I didn’t recognize the woman looking back

Personal Transformation·2024-01-01

★ Rewiring Ourselves: The Power of Neuroplasticity

★ Rewiring Ourselves: The Power of Neuroplasticity It’s a tricky business, being human. I remember a specific Tuesday afternoon in my early thirties. The phone rang, and it was a friend I was supposed to meet for dinner that evening. "Susan," she

Personal Transformation·2023-12-15

The Power of Positive Thinking in Personal Transformation

It’s a tricky business, being human. We are handed this exquisitely sensitive instrument—a body, a mind, a heart—and told to play a symphony, but no one gives us the sheet music. We are just… expected to know. And one of the most persistent, and

Personal Transformation·2023-12-01

Trust In Your Circumstances

It’s a tricky business, being human. We arrive with these exquisitely sensitive nervous systems, wired for connection and survival, and then we are dropped into a world that often feels… less than gentle. A world of sharp edges and unexpected turns.

Personal Transformation·2023-11-15

★ Your Life: A Hero's Journey

It’s a tricky business, being human. One moment, you’re moving along, thinking you have it all figured out—the route, the destination, the snacks for the road. The next, a detour appears. A roadblock. A signpost written in a language you don’t

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-11-01

Elevating Moments: Filling Emptiness with Love

It’s a tricky business, being human. And one of the trickiest parts of this human experience is the feeling of emptiness. That hollow ache in the center of your being, the quiet hum of less than, of not enough. It can feel like a ghost haunting the

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-10-15

Embracing Our Dual Nature: A Path to Self-Acceptance and Growth

It’s a tricky business, being human. We spend so much of our lives trying to be “good,” trying to be seen in a certain light. We curate our lives, our homes, our very selves, hoping that if we just present the most polished, acceptable version,

Elevating Life Into Love

A Teaching in Resilience and Grace: A Journey Through Cancer and the Promise of Eternity

It’s a tricky business, being human. We arrive with such promise, such openness, and then life… happens. We learn to brace, to protect, to build walls around the tenderest parts of ourselves. And then, sometimes, a wrecking ball comes along in the

2023-10-01

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-09-15

Pain and Transfiguration Into Love

It’s a tricky business, being human. One moment you are moving through your life with a sense of ease, and the next… everything changes. An invisible switch is flipped, and you find yourself in a foreign landscape, a territory of pain so vast and

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-09-01

Human Doing or Human Being?

It’s a tricky business, being human. I remember a time, years ago, when my entire sense of self was wrapped up in my own productivity. I was a human doing, not a human being. My days were a blur of appointments, clients, and an ever-expanding to-do

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-08-15

Soothing the Angst of Absence

It’s a tricky business, being human. We are wired for connection, for the warmth of a hand in ours, the comfort of a shared glance, the steady rhythm of a familiar presence. Our brains are, in essence, relational organs, constantly mapping and

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