Expand your experience! Most of us blindly live within our long established patterns of thinking and behaving, day after day, every day. One day, we wonder why there is so little wonder and joy in our lives. Gabrielle Roth, an American dancer and musician, tells us that "In many shamanic societies, if you came toa [...]
Fear stops most of us, at one time or another, from taking advantage of an opportunity to grow and be more. Usually this occurs when we are seeking to expand the view that we have of ourselves, our world and/or the level of our consciousness. Fear attempts to protect us. Rather than berating ourselves we [...]
How often do you say in conversation, “Oh, I can’t now! Things will be better when. Then I will. However, now is the only time we truly have. NOW is the moment of our power – not yesterday and not tomorrow. How many have put off what they desire, what was pulling them to truly [...]
,. Human existence has been plagued by uncertainty since the dawn of time. "Why do I exist? What does my life mean? What does this experience mean?" Some are more intrigued by these questions than others. All of us, however, face times of intense challenge in the course of our lives. These questions often arise [...]
I can hear my mother’s voice, even today, years beyond my childhood telling me “You make everything so hard!” In my training to become a coach I took on a personal project, which I named “Make it EASY, Joan!” I continue with this interior instruction, even today. How does this declaration help me? Once I [...]
Do you remember the last time someone listened to you, deeply heard what you said, the disappointments and expectations hidden behind your words, the hope and joy you yearn to reach for but have difficulty believing in? These are the people and the events that impact us, touching the essence of our being and inflaming [...]
The many faces of JOY! Sometimes joy just bursts forth when something wonderful occurs. You achieve something you worked hard to achieve, maybe even doubted whether you could do it or not. Other times joy feels like a still lake deep within you radiating a peaceful feeling of delight in simply being. What energies of [...]
This morning I am reminded of Ayn Rand’s comment, “Words are a lens to focus one's mind.” What are the words that move through your mind or take up residence there? These words are the lens through which you view the world. Do they let you see the love that surrounds you? Do they bubble [...]
Has what used to “zing” for you stopped zinging? What used to sharpen your desires now fall to do so? Could it be that something deeper than what used to zing you or sharpen your desires is calling you? Maybe what is calling now is beyond the observable and this makes most of us uncomfortable. [...]
Many describe their lives as increasingly rushed and at the same time stultifying. Have we limited the scope of our experience and minimized our vitality of living? Can we increase our capacity to live? And if, so, how? What if you risk to stretch and feel the edge of your life, to fly beyond it [...]