The Art of Validation

Together with my husband, I again watched the finale of the Oprah show.  It moved me immensely the first time around, but this second time was a powerful experience–especially connecting to such depth of being and wisdom just before going to sleep.  Taking that energy with me into my dreams has created another shift in […]

Opening Up and Stepping Out

Fears will bind us.  Love will free us.  We know this, we’ve heard it so often as we travel in our circles of connection.  And somehow its reality eludes us until a space of our own inner fear is awakened.   I’m struck by this truth on this lovely morning, as I contemplate my own […]

Claiming Permission

It’s one of my most favorite quotes:  “No one can make you feel inferior without your permission”–by Eleanor Roosevelt.  So often I hear its message in my thoughts, and it quickly reminds me that I am the driver of my own destiny.  Meaning–together with Spirit and the Universal Flow–I choose how to live my life. […]

From Out of a Deep Sleep

It feels as though my emotions are turned a bit upside down just now–and I know that’s a positive thing in my personal journey.  While I consider myself to be one who is acutely aware of her feelings and what lives beneath them, these have crept up on me and so bring a heightened state […]