Today is Valentine’s Day, so I thought why not talk about love? We can all use reminders to love ourselves and others more - I know I can. I believe not loving ourselves is typically the root cause of a lot of the strife we experience in life. When you are not loving...
This past weekend I was robbed. Someone smashed the driver’s side window of my car and stole my purse. I couldn’t believe it! It was a beautiful peaceful winter day. There was light snow coming down. It was chilly, but my girlfriend and I decided to bundle up and meet...
Do you have a grounding practice? Do you know what that means? How to do it? Grounding, also referred to as earthing, is the practice of walking or standing on the earth barefoot in order to connect with its innate healing energies. It relies on earthing science and...
It's that time of the year again - the end of it! I can't believe 2022 is coming to a close. We will have to get used to writing 2023 soon. I've never been consistent in writing down what my goals are for the upcoming year. Instead, I like to get clear on what my...
I was talking with a girlfriend the other day and she told me how she was waiting in line at the grocery store and started eavesdropping on a conversation two women were having in front of her. One of the women said, “Now that I am in my 40’s I really don’t care what...
I was thinking about the quote, “Misery loves company,” because there are some people in my life who feels like they are looking for company for their misery. I am working on being compassionate, but it can get difficult, at times. I believe they are good people and...
I went on a hike with a friend a couple of weeks ago. The hike is called Devils Causeway. When my girlfriend explained the hike, she said it was on her bucket list and would love it if I joined her. I immediately said, yes! I love hiking and helping my friend cross...
Relationships - sometimes they are great and sometimes they are not so great. Are you nodding your head up and down with me? For example, they can fill us with happiness, joy, pleasure, love, excitement or sadness, grief, stress, fear, and anger - to name just a few...
“The purpose of my life is to let things go.” This has been my mantra lately. It was something that Michael Singer, author of the Untethered Soul discussed in a video I recently watched. This mantra has stuck with me. “The purpose of my life is to let things go.” I...
I was looking at past journal entries at a time when I was struggling and felt stuck in life. I noticed how at the beginning of many of those entries I would write about how I may be hiding from my emotions - from how I was really feeling, which at the time was sad,...
Recently, I’ve noticed I feel uncomfortable after writing sections for my book. At first, I chalked it up to sometimes writing is just freaking hard to do, so of course I would feel uncomfortable. However, it started happening more and more, and I wanted to figure out...
Recently I started working with a new dog trainer. My dogs are great, but we kind of slacked with our younger dog, Willie, and needed some help. Willie came into our family during lockdown, so we didn't do a good job of socializing him. Because of this, he tends to...
I was on a video call with a group of women who identify as empaths. It was the first time we were meeting. It was a very casual, laid-back format. We started with an ice breaker, introduced ourselves, and shared experiences, books, and thoughts about being highly...
After listening to some episodes of the podcast Mortified, which features adults sharing the embarrassing things they wrote as kids. I decided to look through some of my old journals. I came across some entries from when I was in my mid-20s. It was interesting to...