“O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here…” When Sorrow comes at Christmas time we are often not prepared Grief seems to have no place in the festive Christmas we imagine for ourselves. It contradicts the joy and excitement we associate with this holiday. When I was...
The following post is reprinted from What the Soul Wants For Christmas: Open Yourself to Fresh Celebrations of the Holidays… and Life. It is one of 52 weekly chapters from that book and is offered here by the author for the benefit of your well-being in the upcoming holiday season. We can each master...
I want you to change. I will always want you to change. In small ways that will last, in the profound ways that often come unbidden, and in an instant as an epiphany washes you clean- I want you to change. These are the changes of transformation. Some think my invitation to change is...
I help others for a living. I help them make one meaningful change after another. I’ve done this professionally since 1980. It is both a vocation and avocation, which means I do this even when I don’t get paid. I’ve now published my first book as a continuation of my commitment to others, What the...
Being assigned a day of honor on a calendar, like so many well-intentioned things a Mother endures, can become a gauntlet of emotions for women who didn’t carry to term, who relinquished their child at birth, who were judged as unfit, who lost a child, who are no longer the guardian, or who are...
Though these two emotions get a bad rap in our modern world, the healthful upside of Desire and Pride is essential to building our Well Being. Hardly anyone grows up in modern society with a clear, clean understanding of the role Desire and Pride play in building an excellent life. Let’s begin to change...
Want to be a grownup? Learning the difference between Shame and Guilt is a first step. Being able to name your emotion as you experience it and managing your emotions as they flow through you are two of the six steps of being an emotionally mature person. In other words, doing this work is...
One Word will change your life. This annual practice broadens and deepens the spiritual lives of those who dive in. Begin by asking Whomever, or whatever, you perceive to be the Higher Power for One Word you will embrace for the space of a year. Ask for the One Word, a wisely-designed assignment that...
A strong sense of Well-Being isn’t accidental. We get what we work for. Here’s a quick Well-Being diagnostic for you to run on these six areas of your life so see where you want to get stronger. Balance Do you regularly hold two very different ideas in your mind or heart at the same...
Our mindset is key to managing hard emotions. The old saying is absolutely true, that it is not what happens to us in life but what we do with it. For every person still suffering from something “unforgivable” that was done to them, someone else experienced a similar fate and handled it more effectively. We...