Mindfulness vs. Meditation

Mindfulness vs. Meditation

“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” ~Sylvia Boorstein As...
Intelligence & Intuition are Friends

Intelligence & Intuition are Friends

How do you make decisions? The other day I poured myself a cup of spice tea, and for the first time, I noticed a quote on the back of the little tab that’s attached to the string of the tea bag…it said “Intelligence and intuition are friends”.  Not only do I love the...

Don’t Run Away… Run Towards Something

Yesterday I was having a conversation with one of my colleagues about circumstances in her life and all the changes that we are currently going through in the world around us (As I write this blog post, we are in week 8 of the global lock down due to COVID-19). We...

The Truth About Grief

“Grief is nothing but a painful waiting, a horrible patience. Grief cannot be torn down or scaled or overcome or outsmarted. It can only be outlasted. Survival is surrender to the brick wall.” ~ Glennon Doyle Melton from the book “Love Warrior” This January marked the...

A Successful Marriage…

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, with the same person”~Mignon McLaughlin The first time I heard this quote, I felt a great sense of relief!  My husband and I had been married for just over seven years and we were experiencing what you...

No More Resolutions!

For years I jumped on the countdown train on December 31st and did what every respectable adult did; I made New Year’s resolutions! I made them on the eve of a brand new year, and I usually broke them as the middle of January approached. I couldn’t just name ONE thing...