Love and The Inner Year

I base all my Inner Year writing, teaching and healing on the commitment that all spiritual realities must be made practical and functional in our material lives or they are simply “stories,” beautiful, powerful, frightening, soothing, but without daily practical...

A Lonely Place

There are times in our inner lives when we must dwell in a lonely place. A lonely place is unfrequented and remote. You dwell there without companions and without comforts. Inner Lent takes place in a lonely place. The reward of spending time in your lonely place is a...

Inspiration

I subscribe to Garr Reynold’s blog Presentation Zen. Garr is a genius at presentation skills, has tremendous warmth, and shares meaningful experiences and insights.Recently he posted thoughts on being inspired. Garr shared this wonderful video below of Sir Ken...

Peace and Goodwill

Last year at Christmastime, I gave an interactive presentation on exploring the personal meaning ofPeace On Earth to Human Souls of GoodwillI find this translation from Rudolf Steiner, the most empowering of the individual and the most meaningful in awakening the...

How We Remember

My former husband crossed the threshold of death yesterday morning. He was 86. I am full of many complex feelings. I married him two weeks after our first date. I was 24. He was 49. We had 18 years together, most very loving. Our two children are amazing human beings....

Connecting with The Dead

Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day, October 31 – November 2, are Holy Days devoted to the dead. This time of the Inner Year we seek to understand and evolve our relationship with the dead. How do we show devotion to those who have crossed the threshold...

Conquering Demon Thoughts – Part 1

Recently, I was working with a client who was struggling with a negative obsessive thought. You know, the kind of thought that won’t go away and causes a ridiculous, often overwhelming amount of anxiety, fear, or anger. This is a demon thought that grabs hold of you...

The Paradox of Peace

September 21 is being celebrated as the International Day of Peace. Since I attended a meeting of NGO’s to discuss how to bring awareness of IDP to the world at the UN last May, I have been spending serious moments considering peace.Here is the short video I...