Have you ever felt like… I’ve waited my whole life to be exactly who I am, and now, here I am…? If so, you have an inkling of why my heart is beaming! Let me tell you why…

Life is full of puzzle pieces. When enough have been collected, a picture starts to form. When you step back, what do you see forming?

The COVID-19 virus surge was predicted. Predictions are: it’ll get worse. If you can’t stay home, stay safe.

How does One reconcile huge loss? How does One live with grief? How do we hold Grief and Life in a synergistic balance?

There’s so much to talk about! If you want to talk about feeling stressed-to-the-max, we can talk about that. There’s help, too… coming soon. If you’re celebrating or lamenting the USA election, I offer Swami Beyondanda - who can speak much more eloquently (and comically) than I can, about that. Enjoy your read…

I imagine “the heart cave” (as some gurus and mystics have described it) holding the parts hiding in our psyche, and also - grief. Sometimes we want to become a benevolent parent, inviting those hiding parts to come out of the heart cave and into the light where we can see them, love them, and help them. Sometimes we want to be a supportive friend – crawling into the depths of the heart cave – holding that which lives inside, in our unconditionally-loving heart arms. This is grieving. In entering the heart cave, we touch unconditional love - we are transported to a higher understanding of Self.

Call in (not '“call out”). We spent the entire 30-minutes talking about those 5 words. We later emailed back and forth about those words. The 3 of us were on the edge of a new discovery.

Last week I invited you to three amAzing classes, and promised that, as soon as the recordings were available, I’d pass them on to you. Well… true to my word, the recordings are all here!

I’m grateful I’m not homeless. I have a home, a bathroom, a toilet, a shower, means to wash my body and clothes, lots of clothes to change into… I have a lot. What I don’t have are the answers and solutions to the huge issue of homelessness. That’s why I’m also super grateful for organizations that have formed around this issue.

CHALLENGE: Practice this integrated body-mind-heart-spirit work-out (peace-in) routine, focusing on Energy, DAILY, for ONE-MONTH. Let me know how you feel…

In me is a warrior - a loyal protector and bad-ass powerhouse. There’s also an insecurity - a vulnerability. Together, they are forming something new…

The tool we’re looking at today lives within a philosophical theory. The theory postulates that we are all One. The tool presupposes that everything outside myself is a reflection of myself. It suggests that “I can not see in another that which does not exist in me” - and therefore, invites radical self-reflection.

When I feel connected, I love life. Conversely, when I feel disconnected, I feel lonely, lost, depressed, and anxious. When I’m disconnected, I don’t feel so lovable, and life doesn’t feel loving. When I’m in this disconnected state, there are things that help kick me back into feeling connected - with myself, with others, with nature, with Source. In this post, I’m going to focus on how connecting with the natural world (and our own nature) helps bring back and/ or maintain the universally necessary state of connection.

I had never understood the concept of taking a vacation to relax. I’m coming to realize the importance of vacating my norm (as in ‘taking a vacation’), especially when vacating to a natural spot, where it’s quiet, in order to feel connected and to heal trauma.

It is (beyond) time to normalize grief (here in the US of A). We (United States Americans) need to grieve out loud, together - for the sake of our (nation’s and individual) health and wellbeing. What has supported your grieving process? How are you normalizing grief?

I’m in a dream, swimming a marathon, lap-after-lap, passing through the same markers, over and over again. The markers are psychological aspects of my self-identity. I swim through each marked area for a relatively short period of time, before moving to the next marked area. Having gained more understanding, I’m able to see things a bit differently the next lap around. This lap pool is my life, marking my growth along the way.

Years ago, I heard the acronym KISS. It reminds me of a simple kiss, with the power to bring a person back to the heart, when stress has taken us away from it. The message: Keep It Simple helps when emotions are rising, or when feeling overwhelmed - to slow things down and simplify.

I am making a decision, right now, to study Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication (NVC). I have passionately but gingerly tipped my toes into this subject for decades, yet admittedly, not dived with full immersion into the depths of its core. I need this. it’s time. You’re welcome to come along…

The world is in a growth spurt. Growth often comes with pain. How do we soothe the pain?

There are ways to heal from trauma. I have felt and seen the transformative power of Belleruth Naparstek’s 32 affirmations (1999), listed in this week’s post. You are also invited to find healing tools at the "Transcend Trauma Now" Summit (online), June 20th-30th. See you there!