Because speech comes naturally, we don’t think about it much. But paying attention to what people say tells us a great deal about what is going on for them. Basically, we speak because we want something. We want the salt, we want to know the price, we need help with the kids. . . So, a good dealRead more
Life Experiences
The Road Less Traveled
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost Every life situation presents a choice. You either move to a place of compassion or not, regardless of context. Always. Every situation. Love for them. . . love for yourself. . . or not.Read more
A Modern Fable
In this story you are an infant. One of your parents, let’s say your mother, is holding you. (In a classic fairy tale you would be a golden haired princess and you would be being held prisoner by an evil witch, but we’re on a budget, so we’ll do the common person’s fairy tale.) Your mother is strugglingRead more
What’s the Truth and How Do I Get There?
Are you ever confused about what you feel or what you should do? It affects everyone from time to time, and it’s a subject I get a lot of questions about. For many people, conditioned not to feel, or more likely overwhelmed by the confusing and conflicting myriad feelings that pass through them, identifying what they really feelRead more
Healing – Part I: Belief
If you lived in a traditional society and presented your tribal shaman with a case of cancer, arthritis, heart disease, snakebite or the breakup of a relationship, the shaman would address the immediate problem and then search for the deeper emotional or psychic disturbance that was causing your dilemma. In traditional societies, the healing process requires that theRead more