In the previous post I wrote about celebration and a good friend sent me this wonderful quote on the importance of celebration from Terry Tempest Williams. “Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through […]
Archive | Sense of Self
Thoughts on Love & Temptation
It is so perfect that this year as we are facing the drama and moral complexity of sexual harassment and abuse, Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday are on the same day for the first time since 1945. Hearts and ashes come together challenging us to think, not just react, and to communicate about the questions of […]
My Sneakers & My Soul
What do sneakers have to do with the soul? A lot when we think of the body/soul connection. My sneakers have a lot to do with how my soul meets life, stands up, moves forward and feels comfortable. The Real Impact of Sneakers on My Soul I just got a new pair of sneakers. They fit […]
Bow & Take Three Steps Back for Michaelmas
Bow and take three steps back. In this Imagine Self blogpost, I share how these two actions taken inwardly bring freedom and love into the most difficult situations. What is the problem? Your child’s behavior? Your partner? Your weight? Being stuck in traffic? Your lack of success? The state of the world? Bow and take three steps […]
Lyrics, Nature and My Soul
A few days ago, a local non-profit sent out an announcement of an essay contest on Ecofeminism and the intertwining of nature and personal spirituality. I didn’t have time to write an essay, but I was inspired. Suddenly, I was thinking about song lyrics, nature and the suffering of my soul before I turned 21. […]
A Song of Great Questions
A psalm is a song. When I was a child, I loved Sunday School. I didn’t attend regularly as neither of my parents were religious in an organized or belonging way. What did I love? I loved the images…not images I believed or obeyed, but images that asked me questions, that took me on long […]
Your 13 Page Turns
The archetypal children’s picture book stories contain 13 page turns (excluding the front and back matter). What if we imagine 13 page turns in all the different stories of our lives, our careers, our important relationships, our inner development? What was happening while the page was turning? I have written a children’s picture book (a […]
Solid…Useful…Delightful
I want YOUR reality (and remember the use of any possessive pronoun makes the meaning of the noun subjective, not objective!) to be solid…useful…delightful. I want you to own your reality and celebrate its subjectivity. This is why I created the online course: The Three Shapers of Your Reality and why I want you to take […]
A Powerful Imagination for Releasing Stress
This afternoon I am attending a memorial for my friend Linda, who crossed the threshold of death on Monday. She was a wonderful individual who suffered from the extreme stress of bipolar disorder. This post is dedicated to her indomitable spirit. The allostatic load is “the wear and tear on the body” which grows over time […]
What’s a perfect day? or How to get a great night’s rest!
Most of us think if we don’t get a great night’s sleep we cannot have a great day. I’ve learned to think the other way: If I don’t have a great day, I won’t have a great night’s sleep. So the question I will focus on in this post works with the elements of […]