Get Your Circadian Rhythms in Sync for Better Health

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

THE ILL EFFECTS OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION It seems that poor sleep is an epidemic in America these days. One only needs to look at the pharmacy aisles or count the advertisements on TV to see that both are riddled with sleep aids. So many of us sleep poorly, which is caused by many factors, including…

Women Are the Weaker Sex? I Don’t Think So!

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

BALANCED VIEWPOINTS = TRUTH For centuries, women have been depicted as the weaker sex. I beg to differ. I would suggest that men and women are equally strong in different ways. One is not better than the other. That, in effect makes us equal, but different. For example, men have more muscle mass than women…

Did She Just Diss Me? Breaking Down Hurt Feelings

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

THE SEPARATION GAME Last week, a friend of mine called to say her feelings were hurt. It seems a friend of hers posted a video on Facebook that eluded to some close friends not being supportive of her recently. My friend felt she was one of those close friends and that the video was a…

Break These 5 Habits for Instant Happiness

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

OLD HABITS DIE HARD The one thing I’ve noticed lately is how habitual our lives are. In fact, it seems we are run by pre-programmed thoughts and reactions that play without our awareness. For instance, our morning routine is one we duplicate with laser-like precision, repeating the pattern without thought, day in and day out.…

Can Anyone Be Trusted?

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

The Answer is No! For most of my life, I looked to others to make me feel secure, valuable and loved. I hoped with my whole being that my family, friends and loving partners would do everything they could to make me feel something I didn’t feel for myself. To that end, I trusted others in relationships to…

The Beauty of Understanding vs. Eradicating

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

A Trained Sense of Self All of us have things in life we don’t like, whether that is a person/an entire group of people, a job, a political party, a life situation, ourselves, or a combination thereof. It is shocking what we find to disapprove of in life. And there are many ways to deal…

Are We Afraid of Inner Peace?

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

DO YOU HAVE WRITER’S BLOCK? For months now I have been struggling to get into a daily writing practice. I have loads of ideas for fabulous, compelling articles, but I never seem to make the time to write. And I have the time, so what’s the problem? You could call it writer’s block, but writer’s…

Less Force, More Freedom: Living Life in the Flow

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

I WANT IT TO BE DIFFERENT THAN IT IS Too many of our life experiences are filled with a kind of pushing and pulling, or forcing life, instead of going with the flow. What I mean by pushing and pulling is that we want things to be different than they are and we spend a…

How to Make Your Household Free of Plastic

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

World-saving New Year’s Resolution: No More Plastic! Most New Year’s resolutions are centered around losing weight/getting in shape, getting a new job, saving money, quitting smoking, and spending time with family. These are all respectable ways to improve our lives as we turn a new year filled with hope and changes for a brighter future.…

The Detrimental Effects of Reacting to Life

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

THE REAL CAUSE OF OUR REACTIONS Any of us who drives in traffic, takes the bus, or takes the train to and from work knows about rush hour. It’s painfully slow, sometimes it feels like a parking lot, and there are tons of people scurrying to get to work all at the same time, doing…

You Have the Power to Make Your Dreams Come True

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

The Dream of Being a Writer When I was 12, I spent part of the summer in Florida with my dad. I had a routine that consisted of getting up early in the morning and heading to the tennis courts…

A Challenge: Expand Your Family

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

The “Typical” Family – an Archaic Idea Her parents were killed in a car crash in Africa while working as missionaries. This left my dear friend Caroline and her brother, Michael, in a predicament- no parents. So, Caroline’s aunt (mother’s…

Reality Check: Tolerance vs. Acceptance

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

“Tolerance isn’t freedom; it’s the illusion of freedom.” The Illusion of Intolerance It wasn’t always like this- this intolerance we have for each other. Looks, skin color, opinions, political stance, who we love and even how we dress are all…

The Experience of Real Love: Part I – Is it Love or Just Your Ego?

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

Part One of a Three-Part Series “What we look for in others is what we believe we lack in ourselves.” Trained to Believe We Are Incomplete “You complete me.” That’s the famous, at-the-door, melt-your-heart line from the film Jerry Maguire…

Staying Connected in a Disconnected World

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

A Little Disconnected During the recent holidays, we had a wonderful opportunity to connect with loved ones near and far, whether that was with family, friends or both. We shared good food, gifts and laughter. But, perhaps the thing we…

The Value of Mistakes

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

There is Nothing Wrong with You Of all the things I said to Eva that night, I didn’t say the most important thing, “There is nothing wrong with you. Making mistakes doesn’t make you less valuable; they help you learn.…

Think Less, Live More!

By admin | March 23, 2021 |

Reality vs. Illusion Thinking is not living. It’s thinking. Living is being engaged in life, experiencing it and being an active part of it. That means being involved in what is truly happening now rather than thinking about what happened…