Category: Inspire
Boosting Immunity Mindfully to Beat Stress
It’s no secret that stress negatively affects the immune system. Indirectly, stressed people tend to engage in behaviors that have negative effects on [...]
Is Your Vision Board Working for You?
Shortly after the documentary film The Secret, based in part on principles developed by Esther Hicks, came out in 2006, a mass of people were suddenly [...]
Reveal Your Past & Heal Using the Akashic Records
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed many more references to the Akashic Field, Akashic Records, The Book of Life, and more. I am now seeing the term [...]
How Can You Transform Your Relationships?
We are social beings. Relationships to ourselves and to others are
essential for our very survival. This last year of isolation during the pandemic, i [...]
Smudging: Self-Care Spring Cleaning
As we approach the spring season, we think of opening the windows to get fresh air, putting our winter clothes away, and doing a deep cleaning of our [...]
Searching for the Mystic Within
The spiritual world is full of mystics, those who have reached such a depth of spirituality and awakening that they serve as inspiration and teachers [...]
Shaken to the Core
On January 6, 2021, I was settling down to write this column. It was my typical Wednesday off. I rest my hands, take time for myself and get life done [...]
Learn from 2020 and Lead the Way in 2021
In 2020, nearly nothing we anticipated came to fruition as we had expected. Yet this past year, maybe even without recognizing it, adapting to the mul [...]
Why Do Women Find It Hard to Ask for Help?
I was recently asked this question, “Why do women find it hard to ask for help?” I want to qualify my answer by sharing that finding it hard to ask fo [...]
A Lifetime Saga of Mastering My Weight
I was a chunky kid who was not very athletic and not very coordinated. People said I had a cute face, you know what that means! On my dad’s side, we h [...]
A Pivotal Life Changing Decision
How does one thrive in life, business and relationships? I want to share with you my personal experience of how I was able to thrive in life. This is [...]
What Weighs Us Down Can Lighten Us Up
At the turn of the new year, a lot of media attention is
directed at replacing habits that drag us down or getting rid of unwanted pounds. Why is it t [...]
The Power of Forgiveness and Gratitude
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness:
only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
~ Dr. Martin [...]
The Future is Holistic!
Twenty years into its role as the leading accredited institution for holistic studies on the East Coast, The Graduate Institute has charted a unique c [...]
2020 Hindsight as Foresight
I can’t remember how far back our family adopted the old British tradition of opening Christmas crackers when sitting down for our holiday meal. The f [...]
Stress Reduction 101
In my youth, I remember feeling so stressed I could not breathe. Feeling so stressed I could not think, sleep or eat. My heart felt like a brick, my h [...]
Listen to Your Wise Inner Voice
Were you ashamed of your parents? I wanted to ask my mom that question, but I couldn’t because that would be confessing that
I was ashamed of her. Fe [...]
There is No Dark, Only Less Light
Darkness grows as it heads toward the threshold of winter and 2020 continues to give us cause to wistfully look back to a time when life was a whole l [...]
What Are You Thankful For?
It is that time of year when we are used to indulging in turkey, many styles of potatoes and umpteen desserts. We hang out with friends and family and [...]
Are You Touch Deprived?
Who isn’t stressed out to the max these days? With the ongoing pandemic, intense political climate, and civil unrest, we are all on edge more than eve [...]
Broken Expectations: Turning Cracks in Team Communication into Spaces that Embrace Community
During the past few years, the number of safe, serene spaces where we can pause to draw our “emotional breath” seems to have grown progressively small [...]
Sh*t Happens: Paradox, Perspective and Healing
When a client, an artist, came to me suffering from PTSD after a terrible car accident, his life was shattered. To make matters worse, the experience [...]
How Expressive Arts Encourage and Promote the Power of Healing
As I was growing up I often assisted my aging grandmother and through that experience I somehow knew I would ultimately choose a career in science tha [...]