My Journey

I’m fairly certain that it was sometime after my first acne scar that I remembered free will.  I have since decided that free will is the greatest universal gift bestowed upon each of us, and invoking it, perhaps the greatest challenge. The gift of free will is the guarantee that we will discover and manifest our purpose as

Margaret Atwood once noted, “The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is so important to them; there ought to be as many for love.” I believe there is only one name for love because it is that important—it transcends all horrors, heals all wounds.  Love is conceivably the biggest paradox of the universe. 

If you’ve endured a recent attack, or even a hostile email with a red exclaimation point next to it letting your know something is “an emergency” and your not reacting fast enough, I’ve written this little ditty for you. Cue music. #1. Don’t Deny#2. Don’t Reply#3. Breathe. Get space. Seriously, if you are reacting to any attack,

Almost EVERY SINGLE TIME I get a piece edited for this blog, my own editor questions my use of this word and what the heck I mean by it. Let me clarify the use of the word “posture” and extend my sincere apologies to anyone else I’ve confused! I’ll try not to get carried away. Your “posture”

Compassion. It’s a buzzword of the spiritual elite and the only word most psychologists get really excited about. The word itself appeared around the mid-1300s, so it’s not a new concept; yet in the real world, there are very few people speaking of compassion. One rarely hears parents in parks reminding their children to be

Okay, this is not technically a treatise; it’s more like a few paragraphs about very important ideas that confuse people (me) at times. Many people use compassion and empathy synonymously. They are light years apart in terms of mind/body states. I think we get confused because we practice one to get to the other. We dare to look at the suffering of others (empathy)