Kindness means taking the time to listen – not to others, but to your own heart. So often, you and those around you seek external validation. You desperately long to feel special. You desperately need to be seen. But the validation you seek will just leave you hungry for more when validation comes from external…
Create space for contemplation. Consider the fact that winter was a time of rest for your ancestors. Modern life, with all its conveniences, has flattened the seasons, making them uniform. Each season offers its own richness. The gift of winter is rest and contemplation. Yielding to this inner calling to rest, you will have the…
Grace is the kindness you offer yourself. When you’re feeling sad, lonely or out of sorts, have the grace to pause for reflection and ask, “What does my soul want me to know?” Maybe you need to rest. Maybe you need to go for a hike or a run. Maybe you need to be immersed…
What is alive within you? So much of your day is occupied with thoughts and activities that do not feed you. Instead, they leave you feeling spiritually and emotionally starved. So then, what is alive in you? What causes your heart to skip a beat when you think of it? What soothes your mind when…
Your mind struggles under the weight of busyness. Mental clutter distracts you, preventing you from hearing the voice of inner guidance, from receiving the precious messages that will make your life so much more joyful, so much lighter, so much more playful, so much richer, so much more rewarding. Stop. Relax into the sweet stillness.…
Go in. When the outside world feels overwhelming, go in. Find the quiet, the peace, the solitude inside. And from that place, build your strength. Regain your compassion. Go take a nap. It is the shortest path to accomplishing all you hope to accomplish, as a nap provides a fresh mind, a clean slate for…
Anxiety in the face of uncertainty is normal and natural. In many ways, your world view has been deconstructed. This is a disorienting process, but one that is rife with potential. You will naturally gravitate towards your old beliefs and structures if you don’t provide space to just be in stillness. Be o.k. without having…
You are being called to prayer. You are being called to devotion. Spirit longs for a connection with you. Go deep. This is the time to allow your heart to fully open to the One who has been calling. Now is the time to seek shelter from the storm. Even joy brings a sense of…
Sacred space between – the space between movement and frenetic energy – in the stillness, your inspiration for new adentures are born. The stillness, as well as the movement, is sacred. Both are necessary for the beautiful unfolding of this magnificent life experience. You are drawn to movement. But stillness has played an equally formative…
Set aside time for restful play. Engage your playful spirit. But instead of using playfulness in its active form to exercise and move your beautiful body, use a passive form of play to open your heart center, engaging with self, soul and other. Playfulness is a connective energy that elicits positive feelings of expectation, surprise…