Empty Nest

Goodbyes are not my forte although I don’t find it all that terrible to leave a place. What is difficult is leaving my two daughters with their own lives in a big city like New York. I remember my own journey when I was in my thirties, but now as their mother, it is a…

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The Path to Love leads us home to our Self

In a matter of days, I will be off to Colorado for a week long retreat that will test me to the core.  A retreat that I am looking forward to–completely. I find myself growing excited (not anxious) as I leave for a much anticipated vacation to an exotic place.  This exotic place though is…

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Overeating and Substance Abuse

A cheap, effective remedy against overeating and substance abuse

This blog post is an excerpt from the Healthy Sense of Self Guided Journal. Check it out here for more thoughts to inspire peace within and around the world.  Here’s your cheap, effective remedy against overeating and substance abuse: We tend to want to eat and drink after work, as a sort of reward for the…

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Shame

Like Attracts Like: Recover from Shame and Insomnia

Shame can keep you hostage for a lifetime and you may not even know that you are fighting it. If what you are ashamed of is unaddressed, it blocks your potential for becoming the best you that you can be. One of the Laws of Attraction is that like attracts like: where shame was shame…

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World Suicide Prevention Day

World Suicide Prevention Day: Reach Out, Save Lives

Every year more than 800,000 people die by suicide, which corresponds to 1 death every 40 seconds, according to the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). In an effort to help raise awareness in hopes of lowering these numbers, the IASP initiated World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th, 2003. Today, we do our part in contributing by…

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