Sometimes the universe sends us subtle messages, and other times the message is very loud and clear. I live in a small town on a dirt road right next to 250 acres of woods about 15 miles north of NYC. I walk my dogs in those woods several times a week. Often during the week…
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Let your inner Joy be your guide
I have been thinking a lot about the distinction and dichotomy of Pleasure versus Joy. I was partially inspired to explore this by an interaction between my children. They were having an argument last week (I know it is shocking that siblings argue) and my son who is younger said something very harsh to his…
Read MoreUse the Darkness to see the Stars
Last week I had a difficult couple of days. Sometimes in our quest to grow and be better we occasionally falter, we make mistakes, we don’t see. Then when we come out of the blindness things can look pretty dark. I needed to remind myself that none of us is perfect and our journey…
Read MoreTake the Sacred Pause and feel the shift
As we start to get into the swing of school I have been thinking back to the last couple of weeks of summer which included a lot of unstructured time with my kids. Several times I found myself asking one of them (sometimes quite incredulously) what their intention was after a negative comment or action. This…
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Never Give Up and Always Let Go
I was chatting with a friend last week and she was recounting a story of an acquaintance of hers who had come to the realization that because her life was plugging along well enough, she never took a step back along the way to explore what she truly wanted out of her journey. It…
Read MoreThe Journey is the Joy
Last week I dropped my daughter off for her first day as a camp counselor at the camp she attended 10 years earlier when she was just four years old. As I watched her walk down the hill towards the entrance I caught my breath. I started thinking about the cycle of things–the circular…
Read MoreDo You Know What You Have?
10 years ago this month my family relocated from South Florida to a small town that sits along the Hudson River 15 miles north of NYC. At that time I had a 4-year-old daughter and an 8 month old son and I was definitely in the weeds trying to get settled and learn the ropes…
Read MoreWhen we plug in to ourselves what we generate is powerful
I recently attended the Women of the World conference. It is always humbling and inspiring to learn about courageous, powerful, smart and innovative women from around the world. We got to hear a woman who with $10 and 7 other women started the peaceful revolution that ended the war in Liberia 11 years ago and…
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Small Acts Create Big Change
Recently I was inspired by the school walkouts protesting gun violence that swept across the nation. My daughter participated in the walkout at her school and a condition of participating without any punishment (as it was technically walking out of school and not a school sanctioned event) was that she had to write a…
Read MoreThe right action today creates positive Karma tomorrow
Last week I again found my inspiration through my 10 year old son’s basketball experience. There was 5 seconds left in his game and his team was losing by 1 point. They had been undefeated up to this point and this was one of their last games of the season. My son was standing…
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