Today's Gentle Reflection is about fostering a mindful response to life experiences. All too often, we have life moments that trigger deep emotional attachment. It is those triggers that we can quickly step back from if we use our mindful…
February is the month of love. Self-love, romantic love, and love for friends and family. I talked about self-love last week, but this week, let’s manifest love from others. It’s entirely possible to manifest love—whether it’s romantic or friendly love. …
Do you ever feel like you are swept up in life circumstances? Like you're being carried away on a current, sometimes riding it, and other times overtaken by it and dragged under? When this is happening to me, I make…
As we embark upon this new year... Remember that you hold the power of choice in your life. You create your life by your choices of intention and thought, and, in turn, those choices line up your actions and life…
Greeting the present moment with acceptance can be tough. Making an effort to do this, however, helps you minimize the suffering. What I mean is that life is filled with challenges, but resistance to those challenges is optional. That resistance…
This week I would like to offer a gentle reminder, life is a journey, not a destination. Too often as we rush through our day and plan our future, we focus on a result and not all the moments that…
Are you living with a mind that allows expansive thinking, or do you live with an approach of shutting off and negativity? Often we hold onto what is familiar to us, what we know out of fear of losing control…
A gentle reminder, you are enough, just as you are. Lovingly accepting the person you are, your feelings, thoughts, and values, the total package is the best gift for overall health you can give to yourself. If you struggle with…
This week I want to lovingly and compassionately remind you one of the best gifts you can give yourself is to accept all of the emotions that you feel as real. No one can tell you not to feel something…
I recognize that to some living mindfully may seem to be non-emotional, methodical, clinical and frankly, not natural. However, it is quite the contrary. If we begin by being present in the moment, we are living and seeing that experience…