January 7, 2025
If you want to thrive in 2025, I highly recommend adding more touch to your schedule. It helps alleviate pain, sadness and anxiety. It deepens connection (depending on the form) and it helps regulate stress. Years ago, I was at an international training on Spiritual Psychology. The workshop leader recommended a girl…
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December 29, 2024
For me 2024 has not been an easy year. It required me to deepen my patience time and again. The events of this year required me to trust the flow of my life to an even deeper level and it challenged me to rely on my intuition when the facts seemed stacked against me. Today I noticed a tendency to clear out cupboards…
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December 23, 2024
It’s two days before Christmas and my brother + family are arriving in a few hours. They live abroad so it’s been a while since I’ve been able to hug them—and I can’t wait! As much as I love them, I know I need to monitor my self-care in order not to be drained before Christmas dinner even starts. It’…
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December 18, 2024
Today I'll share one of the reasons many holiday arguments occur and what to do instead. The way we view the world is colored through our own experiences, beliefs and preferences. When we unwittingly apply that filter to our conversations, it’s no wonder that we can feel a disconnect. Allow me to demonstrate. I ju…
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December 11, 2024
I was so tired. I felt like I had nothing left to give and my boyfriend was pushing me to come to this party. What on earth should I do? Well, this is a problem that many of us might feel at this time of year. Let me give you a few guidelines that I use myself. This will help you get clear on the best decision fo…
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December 5, 2024
The holidays are upon us. For those of you who have just celebrated Thanksgiving, I hope it was lovely, magical, fun—and completely stress-free. If it wasn’t, you might not be too eager for Christmas or any other major holiday (or gathering). If you were exhausted or stressed, maybe it wasn't you! Maybe it was t…
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November 26, 2024
Gratitude is one of my favorite tools. It’s so powerful and effective. And with Thanksgiving happening in the US this week, I’m always reminded of gratitude. Gratitude is a unique instrument to shift your focus from negative to positive, from worry and concern to appreciation. With all the turmoil going on in…
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November 16, 2024
A dear friend is going through a rough patch, and it reminded me of my own divorce. These are some tips I would’ve appreciated back then. [If you know someone who’s going through a hard time, check the suggestions in the PS.] 1. Say “no” or “not now” This is not the moment to be overly polite. P…
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September 25, 2024
I didn’t know I was highly sensitive until my late twenties. Up until then I always figured I was just a little weird. I was different than most people. And it usually made me feel like my kind of different was wrong. No one else seemed to need time alone after a large family gathering. I was the only one who …
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August 30, 2024
Time is the strangest thing, perception is too. This morning I saw a million things I still want to do. Some I really ‘have’ to do. There are several workshops I joined that I want to watch, I’m reading an interesting book and added another to my ‘to be read’ list, not to mention the millions of things in …
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