Your Creativity Practice
An excerpt from The Power of Daily Practice by Eric Maisel, PhD I’ve been working with creative and performing artists for more than thirty years, and so the most usual daily practice that a client of mine needs to create is one centered around creativity. This might be a writing practice, a painting practice, a […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.” Accepting ourselves means being happy and confident that we know who we are and what we, not only want from life, but what we are prepared to give to life. We are realistic about our imperfections and shortcomings, but […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“Logic will get you from a to b. Imagination will take you everywhere.” Logic is fine and, of course, it has an important role to play in our lives and can be a great asset in the way we need to look and consider certain things. However, letting loose our imagination is like freeing a […]
Overcoming Fear
An excerpt from Reconnecting with Your Estranged Adult Child by Tina Gilbertson Ten million Gen X and Baby Boomer parents have estranged adult children. Parents wonder: How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? While time, in and of itself, does not necessarily heal, actions do, and while every estrangement includes situation-specific variables, there […]
Self-Esteem Builders
An excerpt from Reconnecting with Your Estranged Adult Child by Tina Gilbertson Ten million Gen X and Baby Boomer parents have estranged adult children. Parents wonder: How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? While time, in and of itself, does not necessarily heal, actions do, and while every estrangement includes situation-specific variables, there […]
Be Willing to Be an Exception to the Rule
An excerpt from The Language Your Body Speaks by Ellen Meredith Energy healing is based on the premise that energy is our essence and that while our bodies appear to be solid, they are in fact a constantly swirling set of energetic exchanges. In The Language Your Body Speaks: Self-Healing with Energy Medicine (New World Library, May 5, […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.” Accepting ourselves means being happy and confident that we know who we are and what we, not only want from life, but what we are prepared to give to life. We are realistic about our imperfections and shortcomings, but […]
Gratitude Can Save Your Life
An Excerpt from Kickass Recovery: From Your First Year Clean to the Life of Your Dreams, by Billy Manas The idea of projecting a positive vibe is not just a goody-goody way of going through life. I’m not trying to alarm you, but I have seen firsthand how a lack of gratitude led to someone […]
The Questions We Ask Ourselves
An Excerpt from Kickass Recovery: From Your First Year Clean to the Life of Your Dreams, by Billy Manas Having lived through a romantic separation recently, I had the opportunity to experience many different emotional states I didn’t necessarily appreciate. Whether it was logging onto Facebook and seeing my ex with her new boyfriend or […]
Get Your Attraction On!
An Excerpt from Kickass Recovery: From Your First Year Clean to the Life of Your Dreams, by Billy Manas I opened the notebook and began to plan a perfect life for myself with the premise that anything was possible — because that is exactly how I felt. My first idea was that I would take […]