Discover how every alteration in your thoughts affects your energy. This is not about using your mind to change behaviors. It is much easier. It is about using your mind to influence your energy so the behavior automatically changes. The same holds true for all aspects of your life. This is part of what you…
Open more fully to your intuition to accelerate healing, awakening your sense of optimism and the wise intuitive teacher within you… When you find yourself oscillating between insecurity and inspiration, what you may actually be grappling with, according to energy healer Hilary Crowley, is whether you should allow yourself to be guided by your instinct…
Hope can feel distant right now. We face the ravages of climate change, the rampant uncertainties of a global pandemic, the social splintering of racial injustice, politics, and on and on. What place does hope have in this world? But hope is not lost. Hope can be a shaping force again in our daily lives…
Where do you turn for solace… strength… hope? From where do you draw resilience and compassion for yourself and others, and the courage and perseverance to navigate the challenges and constant changes life brings? For centuries, seekers and laypeople alike have sought wisdom, healing, and refuge in the loving embrace and powerful teachings of Mary…
“It’s been two whole years, Kenny! I can’t wait to see you!” Remembering Mom’s exuberance disrupted the directions in my head, and I slowed to a stop. No other headlights shone in front or in back of me. Because sane people are off the road, I told myself. As I reviewed the map on my…
✦ Spiritual Growth, Surrender & Living in Flow What is the difference between allowing and accepting? On the surface, these two ideas can seem almost interchangeable. They are close cousins. Both invite us to soften resistance, loosen our grip on control, and move through life with greater peace. Yet there is an important distinction between…
Once a little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter, Sweetheart , please hold my hand so that you don’t fall into the river. The little girl said, No, Dad. You hold my hand. What’s the difference? asked the puzzle father. There’s…
A fox who lived in the deep forest of long ago had lost its front legs. No one knew how: perhaps escaping from a trap. A man who lived on the edge of the forest , seeing the fox from time to time, wondered how in the world it managed to get its food. One…
“I was eight years old, and I did want to end my life. I felt hopeless. Broken. Alone. It’s like it was pointless. There was no point to my life.” That quote is from Nick Vujicic – a man with no arms and no legs. More importantly than what he doesn’t have though, we are…
As a drought continued for what seemed an eternity, a small community of farmers was in a quandary as to what to do. Rain was important to keep their crops healthy and sustain the way of life of the townspeople. As the problem became more acute, a local pastor called a prayer meeting to ask…
