We all yearn to hear these words from someone, but do we say them ourselves? This past week, as I toggle between despair and anger at the election of a narcissistic potentate, anger seems the better option. Wine, dark chocolate, and impulse purchases … [Read more...] about I’m Sorry, Please Forgive Me, I Thank You, I Love You or Wine, Chocolate & Impulse Purchases?
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Do I Always Have to Do it Myself?
Maybe I'm starting a series called "These Are a Few of My Favorite Tools." Today's tool is: "Gathering Evidence for a New Conclusion." Author Maria Nemeth introduced this tool to me as part of her life-changing course "Mastering Life's Energies" … [Read more...] about Do I Always Have to Do it Myself?
Do the One Thing First & Early
I choose to get up early every morning even though I don't have to. I was raised to be a late bird. Most nights I'd fall asleep to the clatter of our father's manual typewriter as he wrote plays and the loud television as our mother strained to hear … [Read more...] about Do the One Thing First & Early
Are you a Chef or a Jeff? Spiritual Lessons of The Bear
My husband and I just finished binging the third season of The Bear on Hulu.* The story of a highly dysfunctional family (you discover just how dysfunctional over the course of the series) trying to run a restaurant is, as all critics will and … [Read more...] about Are you a Chef or a Jeff? Spiritual Lessons of The Bear
Pay Attention to Coincidence
As the grandchild of a Jungian, I was raised on "synchronicity"--the Jungian term for paying attention to coincidence. My grandmother, Sally Stevens Nichols, author of Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, lived by it, and my mother definitely … [Read more...] about Pay Attention to Coincidence
How to Know What You Know: access your divine wisdom in your sacred heart
In Love Without End: Jesus Speaks, Glenda Green captures the words of Jesus, the master teacher, as he sits for a portrait with her in the late 1990s. She says that the Master tells us that each of us has within us a literal physical and spiritual … [Read more...] about How to Know What You Know: access your divine wisdom in your sacred heart
Juggling my new nightstand: Housekeeping, American Psychosis & Autobiography of a Yogi
For years I piled five to twenty books on my nightstand, only to ignore the next aspirational read to add yet another book to the pile. Until recently, I have tended to toggle between high-quality fiction, political or historical nonfiction (often … [Read more...] about Juggling my new nightstand: Housekeeping, American Psychosis & Autobiography of a Yogi
One of my influential teachers today: Dr. Dain Heer from Access Consciousness
I speak, I teach, but who speaks to me? who teaches me, that is, in addition to the many New Thought or Science of Mind thinkers who have influenced me (like Ernest Holmes, Joel Goldsmith, Emma Curtis Hopkins, to name but a few) or various … [Read more...] about One of my influential teachers today: Dr. Dain Heer from Access Consciousness
Snarky Sara Says: Top 10 Ways NOT to Set Boundaries
This post is a reboot of something Snarky Sara said in 2017. She was a bit over the top, but you get the idea, and some of my readers have indicated they miss her. Do exactly the opposite of what Snarky Sara Says, and you'll be just fine. Apologies … [Read more...] about Snarky Sara Says: Top 10 Ways NOT to Set Boundaries
5 Snouts Up for “Tennessee Rise” by The Tennessee Freedom Singers
https://youtu.be/eEYb-48SUjM?si=uZcoXT6Fvtp_YFFf After two young Black lawmakers were expelled (and then reinstalled by local voters) by the Tennessee legislature for protesting for gun control, voters all over Tennessee are mobilizing to expand … [Read more...] about 5 Snouts Up for “Tennessee Rise” by The Tennessee Freedom Singers
Wanna be an April Fool with me?
The first day of April is "April Fool's Day" in my culture, a day we play tricks on each other. This makes me think about the Tarot card of The Fool and how we can use this month to consciously bring more of The Fool's energy into our lives going … [Read more...] about Wanna be an April Fool with me?
Don’t Give Up Trying — Another Post on How I Healed My Knee
Is it worth it to keep trying to heal a body part? I've gathered evidence that it is: Eight years ago, after a year of being unable to walk more than a block without terrible pain in my right knee, I finally broke down and had meniscus surgery. I … [Read more...] about Don’t Give Up Trying — Another Post on How I Healed My Knee