Posts by Deborah Drake
Happy Earth Day: Spring is always true to its Self-No matter what!
“April showers bring May flowers.” It’s that time again—despite the “crazy” weather of the past two weeks. In the space of a fifteen minute window it hailed hard and fast, followed by sheets of sideways rain, and then the dark grey clouds dissipated, leaving snowy white clouds hanging in a bright blue sky. And within…
Read MoreMark Your Calendars: Sam Krause to Interview Healthy Sense of Self Founder Antoinetta Vogels on Monday, April 22
Monday April 22nd 2015 1:00 PM EST (10 AM PST) Healthy Sense of Self, Key to Better Relationships Monday April 22nd 1 PM EST Healthy Sense of Self or Nutrition Key to Better Relationships? http://goo.gl/QDDmS “A healthy Sense of Self is the backbone of the human psyche. Without it a person skips his/her own life…
Read MoreP.S. I Love You. In Memoriam (by David Innes)
Editor’s note: David Innes is many things and happily for the team that is HealthySenseofSelf, he is much more than our webmaster and technical go to guy. He is as passionate about the HySoS Mission and Method as he is about technology, his family, his community, education and social justice issues. His contributions to team…
Read MoreMay You Be Provoked to Act | Thought of the Day: March 21, 2013
“I wish for you discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships so that you will live deep in your heart. “May you be blessed with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation so that you will work for justice, equity, and peace. “May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer…
Read MoreDavid Schnarch on Relating: Thought of the Day | March 14th 2013
“I don’t expect you to agree with me; you weren’t put on the face of the earth to validate and reinforce me. But I want you to love me – and you can’t really do that if you don’t know me. I don’t want your rejection – but I must face that possibility if I’m…
Read MoreBuddha | Thought of the Day: March 7, 2013
“No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.“- Buddha Are there times that this golden kernel of the Buddha’s seems not to apply to you? It takes time to recover and often we forget that important detail. May we be gentle with ourselves and especially after life-changing events.
Read MoreThought of the Day: February 28, 2013 Martha Graham
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will…
Read MoreHere we AUM again: Can you see me now?
For the past four months I have participated in a social and active meditation that I look forward to repeating monthly. And the funny thing is each time I take on yet again “doing the AUM Meditation” with a group of 8-14 people, I literally get to know my Self better. I see my Self…
Read MoreAre You and Your Self Ready to Do Great Things?
A series for a new year and a new you—if you are willing to give up what doesn’t work anymore and get to know your Real Self Are you thinking you are ready to do great things? And if you are thinking you are…: Are you equipped to not only conceive of an idea that…
Read More“We hold these truths to be self-evident.”
January 21, 2013 “We hold these truths to be self-evident.” Today is a doubly significant day for it is both the day of the Presidential Inauguration and it is also Martin Luther King Day. I happened to turn on the radio at just the right moment for the special coverage of today’s grand event. Last…
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