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You know that incredible feeling of “Holy Shit” when someone says something that hits you in the gut like a big freaking punch? The air actually escapes from your lungs as if you were really hit and you realize, at that moment, those words connected to your soul. You sit there and feel the emotion…

Ego says “Once everything falls into place then I will find peace.” Spirit says, “when I find peace, then everything will fall into place.” This statement greets me upon entering the Pilates/Yoga Studio where I am studying to become an instructor. It is the first thing you read as you descend the staircase to this…

What is the itty bitty shitty committee? It is the committee that lives in our head and tells us how we aren’t good enough? It judges and criticizes everything we do? It judges others, and tells us we are as bad. Every judgement of someone is a reflection of our own thinking about us. When…

“People treat you exactly how they feel about you. Be blind if you want to.” ~ Unknown As human beings, we have all felt when someone really cares about us, loves us, wants the best for us. That doesn’t come from words per se, it comes from the actions and behaviors that are directed toward…

Finally, a time has arrived that comfort in your own skin seems natural. There is a feeling of alignment with purpose, a sense of alignment with why we are here on this earth. It isn’t about the almighty dollar or how successful WE can be, instead it is about how we impact others and thus…

So, here we are. We have reached the age of 60. As I shared, weird number to me. In fact, I filled out a form over the weekend and for the first time had to change the age category! That was strange. I don’t feel older, a few more noises in my joints and some…

What? 60? That’s fucked up. Do i feel 60? No. Do i look 60? I don’t know, I am not sure what 60 looks like anymore. Yet, here I am on the edge of this precarious age, on the cusp of being old. Tomorrow, I turn this weird age. An age that people begin to…

Should. A word that probably needs to be removed from our vocabulary. It is used often, and many times in a way that says “I have expectations that were not met.” It could be that we did not meet our own expectations and “should” have done something different. It could be that someone else did…

“Oh What we could be if we stopped carrying the remains of who we were.”~Tyler Knott Gregson Most of us like parts of us, and there are parts that we wish were different. Perhaps there are situations we wish were different, or parts of our personality, patterns of behavior that we wish were different. Many…

Recently, little 4 year old Annie had some great advice for her Great Aunt. She told her not to worry about her bad days. Annie said, “I have bad days too. You know what I do? I sit down and I cry it out. Then I get up, dust myself off and keep going!” What…