Tell the truth = find your power
One of my favorite sayings is, “The truth sets you free.” I’ve come to know this assertion to be as certain and predictable as the sun that warms the earth and our skin. Telling the truth is an act of...
View ArticleCompassion when it’s difficult
“I feel I’m coming back to life, my real life, and it feels good.” Hearing this joined me with my friend in the feeling of joy. For a decade or more I’d sat with him as he struggled with depression and...
View ArticleHow to keep love alive in relationships
When talking about love one critical thing needs to be on the table; love is our true nature, it is the essential quality and essence of our being. And, just like an underground spring does not need to...
View ArticleHow to stop putting off your happiness and create what you love (part 1).
For as long as I remember I’ve had a deep knowing that human beings are innately happy and content. I’ve no clue how this notion landed in me. Nothing much about the circumstances of my upbringing...
View ArticleWhy my prayer plant stopped praying.
I’ve just re-potted my prayer plant. It’d begun to look tired and dull, and when I shook off the old pot I could see its roots had wound in a tight coil almost strangling each other. No wonder it...
View ArticleFrom Doubt to Confidence
I’ve been immobilized by doubt many times. A tsunami of doubt swept over me shortly after I made a decision in my late thirties to follow the promptings of my heart, rather than live the life I thought...
View ArticleMove Towards What’s Calling You Not Away From What’s Not
“I’ve spent the last 30 years making the wrong decisions.” We sat in silence as the weight of this conclusion sank in. My client was working a job she hated. It was the same job she’d walked out of 20...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Babies
Draw your family tree. A simple enough homework assignment for a seven year old. But what happened next was life changing. When I asked where my birthplace was I discovered I was born in a different...
View ArticleAn unforgettable lesson from Elvis Presley
It was August 17th, 1977 at the end of an uneventful day. But at 6pm my heart was pumping hard. I had no idea why. A wave of panic surged through my veins and froze my heart. My body was on full alarm....
View ArticleWhy hot and bothered leads to a better life
Last week, on a visit to Yellowstone National Park, I was immersed in Natures glory. Yellowstone is teeming with geysers where the earths crust literally cracks and shifts before your eyes. Watching...
View ArticleThe benefit of falling down holes
Swerve to avoid a pothole. That’s the advice my driving instructor gave me after a harsh winter created deep pockets in the roads. Sensible advice for a learner driver. But for a human being there are...
View ArticleWhat it means to hold space for people, plus eight tips on how to do it well.
Featured Post by Heather Plett When my mom was dying, my siblings and I gathered to be with her in her final days. None of us knew anything about supporting someone in her transition out of this life...
View ArticleThe one thing that always works
I’m tired. Jet lagged, to be precise. But I had an exceptional visit with my mother. Not that we did much. At least, from the outside, it didn’t look like we did much. She rested, a lot. Her body...
View ArticleThe worry, the panic and the wardrobe
Doorways. Rabbit holes….. In C. S. Lewis’ story; The Lion, the Witch and Wardrobe, children step through a wardrobe door to leave the ‘real’ world and enter a magical one. In the magical world they...
View ArticleUnderbellies
It took three of us to haul her out of the water. One to pull, using a hefty truck. The other two to guide her with long platted ropes, attached to her front and rear. She rose slowly, wire halyards...
View ArticleEating For… Pleasure?
By Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DOM, AP Long ago in ancient Greece, being smart was trending and philosophy schools were all the rage. During this time, around 300 B.C., a man named Epicurus founded one such...
View ArticleFood. Pleasure or Pain?
I glanced down at the first items on my list. Tomatoes. Avacados. Watercress. Easy enough. But what happened next floored me. Instead of circulating the produce section I stepped into Star Treks’...
View ArticleThe bomb my father dropped
Today’s Heart Notes was inspired by my father who taught me about the power of compassion to heal all of the ways human beings are divided, so that we become a loving whole. He’d eaten his last...
View Article3 ways to find light in the dark
It’s solstice week! If, like me, you live in the northern hemisphere you’ll know that we’ve arrived at the darkest time of the year. I’ve come to love the depth of the solstice. The pervasive darkness...
View ArticleWhat’s in your driving seat?
“I’m tired of going round in circles trying to decide!” Exasperation whistled through her email. With the new year bearing down and urgency to make resolutions, familiar voices rang in her head about...
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