I remember reading about 10 years ago that in the future, stress would become the number one killer. Today, I see this stress invading people’s lives like the plague! Even with all the technology and conveniences that are supposed to make our lives easier, we find ourselves busier than ever, filled with anxiety and overwhelm, […]
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My mother recently gave me a beautiful gift…a book by M.H. Clark called Fight On. In this Michaelmas time of fighting/taming inner dragons, I have found it to be invaluable! Somehow, it seems to have something to say about nearly everything one might encounter. My favorite at the moment? The very first two pages: “If
More and more, I find myself drawn to the “co” words…collaborate, cooperate, co-create, cohabit, commune, etc. “Co” is a prefix that means “together with.” We have become so individuated in our American culture, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Yet now it seems time we begin taking our individual unique gifts and sharing them
As we receive another year, many are speaking of resolutions, goals, and visions. Perhaps you are feeling a number things that are calling to be created this year. In essence every vision has the potential for manifestation, or we wouldn’t be able to see the vision. What is your vision? Do you feel enthusiastic at
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Every year, beginning with Christmas Eve, I have a ritual of working with the Holy Nights of the year which extend through Epiphany on January 6th. These Holy Nights, as deemed in many cultures, are the extra 12 days and nights beyond the 12 lunar months of the year. This span of time is considered
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From an early age, I was very much a dreamer. I believed anything was possible. I felt anything could be created, and certainly that I could do it. Most children believe in this way. They have no trouble believing in the magic of life, like Christmas, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, Gnomes, Fairies, etc.
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We are living in a time of immense change, and while it often doesn’t feel like we can do much about it, in actuality, we all have significant power to affect our future. We have the power to choose. What will we choose for this coming year and beyond? In what domains of our lives
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I spent a great deal of this month of November feeling a significant darkness within. Yes, I’ve been tired from the extensive work on my home, getting my children back to school, adding new work to my plate, etc., but this has been different. I’ve felt exhaustion, overwhelm, loneliness and even depression before. However, the
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Today I celebrate life…my life, my children’s lives, the lives of those who have touched me, and the life of the earth. Forty two years ago today, I entered this incarnation. It’s amazing what can happen in forty two years! I find myself filled with so much gratitude, even for the trials that seemed beyond
What does it really mean to reflect? Some formal Webster definitions include: To give back or exhibit, as an image, likeness or outline To make manifest or apparent To realize, consider To think quietly and calmly To express a thought or opinion resulting from reflection To tend to bring reproach or discredit To bring about
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What does it take to care in today’s world? I mean deeply care, for each other, for the planet, for our homes, for our belongings. More and more, it seems to me that everything is disposable, or undeserving of our time and effort. Instead of customer service with a real person, we get recorded messages
As we approach spring, I have felt a quickening within myself. I notice a desire to do more, to be with others more, and to see more of the world. I feel a sense of hibernation during the winter months, and now the promise of spring is calling me out of that hibernation. At the
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Have you ever had someone ask you “how do you know?” after having shared something with them, and struggled to answer their question? I have had this happen to me countless times. Sometimes I would realize that I don’t really know, teaching me to be more prudent with my speech, and to re-visit the ideas
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Many people were provoked by and/or resonated with the concepts shared in my previous article, The Courage of Conscience. This response, combined with the fact that the virtue for this month is Courage, has inspired me to continue this conversation about the courage of conscience, using the terms conscience, authenticity and morality interchangeably. One response
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In my last article, I ended with the notion of finding courage, tuning into our conscience and doing what is honorable. I’ve been sitting with that concept, realizing that in many ways, tuning into, and more specifically listening to, our conscience is probably a task that requires more courage than anything else in our lives.
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I had the most magical experience this morning as I walked my boys to school and then returned home. I have the privilege of being able to walk along a gorgeous lake, and this morning, the lake shared her majesty with us in ways I’ve not seen before. As the boys and I walked along,
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Frequently we hear the notion that letting go is “required to reduce stress,” “necessary to experience true joy,” “a key to enlightenment,” or some other enticing idea filled with importance. What does it really mean to let go? What is missing for us if we cannot let go? Trust? Faith? Confidence? Acceptance? Perhaps it’s
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As I enter 2011, I realize that these past few years have been rather incredible for me and my family. Incredible in the sense that I could neither have imagined all that’s happened nor all the gifts that’ve come from it. There have been many ups and downs, and I must express that the downs
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