Love is a Practice

Love is a practice. There’s nothing riskier or more intoxicating than love. Love is waking up every day and courageously making a choice to be in it — invested, committed, and present. Love is honoring yourself. Love is giving your attention and presence whole-heartedly, without agenda. Love is being vulnerable to pain and going for […]

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Removing your Barriers to Love

Removing your Barriers to Love: Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. – Rumi Love is so intoxicating, yet so complex. We struggle with receiving it, giving it, and allowing ourselves to luxuriate in it! We are such sensitive beings. […]

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MindBodyWise Bucket List for 2017

The Mindbodywise Bucket List  quite different and special no matter if you have already a list in place. This list is inwardly focused. It’s designed for person growth and ultimately for intentionally creating more joy. Drumroll please………..and the MindBodyWise Bucket List for 2017: May you… …practice opening your heart again and again …make time to […]

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How to Stay True to You this Holiday Season (and always!)

“How to stay true to you” can get complicated with all the chaos of the season.  If you’re like most people during this time of year, you have a lot coming at you from all angles – parties, shopping, family, travel, preparing, decorating, wrapping, eating, drinking……..the list goes on and on and on… You may […]

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An URGENT Call to Action

An urgent call to action. What’s been happening in the United States IS a white-black thing.  While it’s also… a battle of love vs hate thing. a senseless fear-filled compassionless life and death thing. It’s scary. It’s sad. It’s heart-wrenching. It’s infuriating. It’s inexplicable and it’s our current reality. It’s OUR shared problem = all races, […]

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A Gift of Loving Kindness

This is a thank you gift from my heart to yours. I am so grateful to have you in my mind and my heart as I write these words, share insights and tools, and offer up what I hope is a bit of freedom from any pain that you may have. As a token of my appreciation, […]

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How to Break the Cycle of Self-Criticism

How to stop criticizing yourself-easier said than done, right? In your mind chatter, do you sometimes hear repeatedly harsh, critical words? Maybe they sound something like some of these: I’m not good enough. I don’t deserve it. I’m not worthy. I’m not ________________enough (fill in the blank with: “skinny” “young” “tall” “old” “pretty” “smart” “rich” […]

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An Easy 8-Step Tool to Increase Self-Acceptance

Accept yourself as you are. Marianne Williamson says: “Everything is either love or a call for love.” We are all doing the best we can. Even when the best we can is doing less than enough or nothing at all. Sometimes, that’s our best. I used to be able to hold a handstand for what […]

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5 Simple Ways to Listen to your Heart

Sage words from guest blogger, Courtney Carver of Be More with Less… How to Listen to Your Heart. Your body was designed to connect with your heart. Every day, your heart sends you powerful messages, but unless you have the time and space to pay attention, you might miss them. A busy, stressful life gets […]

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Love-Loading vs. Carb-Loading

Whether you celebrate V-Day or it’s not your thing, let it be an opportunity to give love to the most important person in your life – YOU! Love-Loading vs. Carb Loading – An anecdote When my beloved grandfather, affectionately known as Pop-Pop, passed away, our family was distraught with grief.  He was full of love […]

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