"The more harmonious you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes." ~ Adyashanti Have you recently turned on the news only to want to turn it off after a few minutes? It seems that chaos has enveloped this planet. Every corner of every street was affected by the current situation. I've never seen anything…
"We have to focus on what matters – how we feel and how we feel about ourselves." ~ Michelle Obama Do you remember the little girl (or boy) in you? The boy who ran, jumped, danced, laughed anywhere and everywhere he felt like it – before someone told them to be quiet, that they were too big, too loud, too…
“If someone doesn't want me, it's not the end of the world. But if I don't want myself, the world is nothing but an end. "~ Nayyirah Waheed Rejection means a lot of things to many different people. For health professionals, this can mean immunological incompatibility if a body does not accept transplanted tissue or organ. For a couple looking…
"The key is to learn how to live a healthy, satisfying and peaceful life without being dependent on another person in order to be happy." ~ Robin Norwood When it comes to relationships, people can call you "crazy" and "needy" whatever they want. I can only guess that some people don't know how crazy it feels when every cell in…
“Mindfulness is not difficult. We just have to remember to do it. "~ Sharon Salzberg As a Briton, I do what we Brits do best: drink tea. Lots of it. I've had a cup of tea every morning since I was a chubby-faced teen. "But it turns out that it's much better to have a cup of tea mindfully. Not…
“I want a world in which everyone understands that discomfort is the price of legend. And fear is only growth that gets you. “~ Robin S. Sharma For years I felt like the most incredible dancer. Whenever I listened to music, no matter where I was, I moved slowly at first and then as the music began to fill my…
"It is so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never been on." ~ John Steinbeck When you lose someone close to you, there are a variety of things to do first. When my friend died of cancer at the age of twenty-nine, I was only twenty-three. We lived together in a…
"I've written eleven books, but every time I think," Oh, they're going to find out now. I have a game for everyone and they will find out. “~ Maya Angelou Any moment they would find out. I scanned the large conference room. The 26 members of the project team at the table discussed the data analysis. Their voices were muffled…
“Quiet the voice that tells you to do more and be more, and trust that in this moment it is enough who you are, where you are and what you are doing. You will get to where you need to be in your own time. Until then, breathe. Breathe and be patient with yourself and your process. You are doing…
"If your compassion does not include you, it is incomplete." ~ Buddha Just the other day I had one of those moments with my husband and not the moment they write about in romance novels. The world has been so different in the last few months and so many are feeling the effects of months of struggle, insecurities, frustrations and…