Learning to love ourselves

Have you ever experienced so much beauty and joy that your heart opened fully? Love flowed through you, and you felt humbling amounts of forgiveness, compassion and peace. Maybe it was at the birth of a child, standing at the rim of the Grand Canyon, or looking deeply...

The healing energy of water

Sunday morning I woke up feeling depleted and needing to recharge my energy. In the past, when I’ve been tired or out of balance in my life, water has soothed my frazzled senses, filling me up again and helping me find my way back to my self.Once more, water...

Doing the best we can

In any given moment, we do the best we can.Most of us realize that. But we get confused because “our best” fluctuates. It shifts from day to day, even from moment to moment. Our best effort today is not the same as our best effort yesterday, nor will it be...

A story of mirroring

The people nearby often mirror to us. Our children, spouses, siblings, parents, friends and even pets show us something about ourselves through the mirror of other. When we pay attention, we can see aspects of ourselves reflected in their personalities and behaviors....