Inspirational
What is Judgment? Judgment is connecting the value of an individual to what they do, how they look, the political opinions they hold, that social and financial status, to their race and ethnic background and to their lifestyle and habits. For example, bad habits mean bad people. Bad things can happen to any of us;…
Read MoreOne of the very powerful moment that created a big shift for our Meditation retreat attendees was witnessing each other being coached to find resolution for their questions. That really reaffirmed my belief as to the significance and importance of group support to our transformations and it’s what we are lacking in our lives. Isolated…
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What? How can you say that? The world right now is swirling in anger. We don’t need more of it. It isn’t fun or easy to feel anger; it is much easier to suppress it, rationalize it, put a nice little bow on it and just focus on the good stuff. ( Sometimes it is…
Read MoreThis came up at my recent book Talk at the Milord Public Library. If you attended, I thank you for being there and would like to elaborate on this topic for you and for others. We were talking about alcohol and the question was, “How do we fit in?” To which my answer was, “We…
Read MoreHere are some of our most common experiences: feeling abandoned, victimized or feeling less than. The most important question to ask is : have I experienced this before? Is this the recurring theme or experience in my life? * * Now lets look at these experiences as energy. We know that Energy can neither be…
Read More2 very dear clients always end their emails to me with fun meaningful words and I started to reply back to them with words that may be meaningful for them. A single word can take us beyond it into a single year or a lifetime. Two words that come to mind today are: Reflections and…
Read MoreTune into Your Childhood Beliefs Were you always asked to finish all the food on your plate? Was food in abundance or barely enough? Were you rewarded for good behavior with ice-cream or pizza? Were you sent to bed hungry as a punishment? Or given cookies when you were feeling sad? Perhaps some of your…
Read MoreShame and guilt are the mental constructs of the mind to help us fit into the societal mold of what’s right and wrong. These are merely our defense mechanisms, established to bridge the gap between what we want and what we think we should want. In this complex structure of feelings, the truth of what…
Read MoreGo Inward We want something because we believe that getting it will end our suffering. We want others to be the way that brings love into our lives, we want the weather to be just so, we want our day to go a certain way, we want someone to apologize, or we want the past…
Read MoreIn working with clients in my clinical practice, I’ve realized two things. First, that in trying to keep up with the newest miracle food or diet, people are often missing out on enjoying their food. And, second, that the overflow of information about food that people are facing is actually getting in the way of…
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