Being in the Flow of Life

Follow Your Passion? Really???

It’s been such a rule for the past 20 years or so that, to live an authentic life and be happy in your career, you need to follow your passion. I have several problems with the whole notion. If you happen…
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Most Powerful Spring Cleaning Ever? Release Shame

It’s the week of Imbolc, the Goddess Brigid’s Day, and the modern silly version, Groundhog Day. All are the half-way marker between Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. As energy begins stirring ay…
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So, how are your New Year’s resolutions coming along?

If you’re on track still, give yourself a huge high-five, because you’re the exception! But, if you’re like most people, your earnestly resolved goal has already bitten the dust. One of the major reasons…
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Cords and Decording: releasing the burdens and unhealthy connections

Have you ever had a time in your life when you feel you can’t get by on your own, are preoccupied with someone who seems needy, or you’re in conflict with, or are really worried about someone? Then you…
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What an existential crisis is really about

I have a client who is wondering whether to take the plunge and address the underlying issues that have controlled her behavior her whole life. Up ’til now, she’s acted out in an unhealthy way in order…
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Lack of Confidence Affects Job Hunt

Cynthia is a bright, stylin’ young woman who called in a panic from London. She was considering moving there and had gone to look up old friends and seek job opportunities. Friends wanted her to stay,…
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Inherent Worthiness

(a Meditation on Happiness by Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, in his book, Happier)“To lead a happy life, we must experience a sense of inherent worthiness. As Nathaniel Branden writes, ‘In order to seek values,…
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It’s so important to relax

It’s getting to the latter part of summer. Some people are clinging to every last sunshine moment, and some here in the USA are already buckling down to work. Americans take very little vacation time,…
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It's not just luck

Even without catastrophes throwing us for a loop, it seems hardenough to stay happy in an on-going way when everything is copacetic.The little niggling things get people down more than disasters. Andif…
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How Centering Changes Your Life

To be life-affirming and experience-altering, centering needs to bebased on a belief that we are wonderful!When they first truly center, people are often amazed to notice thatthey feel grateful for what…
Read More

Follow Your Passion? Really???

It’s been such a rule for the past 20 years or so that, to live an authentic life and be happy in your career, you need to follow your passion. I have several problems with the whole notion. If you happen…
Read More

Most Powerful Spring Cleaning Ever? Release Shame

It’s the week of Imbolc, the Goddess Brigid’s Day, and the modern silly version, Groundhog Day. All are the half-way marker between Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. As energy begins stirring ay…
Read More

So, how are your New Year’s resolutions coming along?

If you’re on track still, give yourself a huge high-five, because you’re the exception! But, if you’re like most people, your earnestly resolved goal has already bitten the dust. One of the major reasons…
Read More

Cords and Decording: releasing the burdens and unhealthy connections

Have you ever had a time in your life when you feel you can’t get by on your own, are preoccupied with someone who seems needy, or you’re in conflict with, or are really worried about someone? Then you…
Read More

What an existential crisis is really about

I have a client who is wondering whether to take the plunge and address the underlying issues that have controlled her behavior her whole life. Up ’til now, she’s acted out in an unhealthy way in order…
Read More

Lack of Confidence Affects Job Hunt

Cynthia is a bright, stylin’ young woman who called in a panic from London. She was considering moving there and had gone to look up old friends and seek job opportunities. Friends wanted her to stay,…
Read More

Inherent Worthiness

(a Meditation on Happiness by Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, in his book, Happier)“To lead a happy life, we must experience a sense of inherent worthiness. As Nathaniel Branden writes, ‘In order to seek values,…
Read More

It’s so important to relax

It’s getting to the latter part of summer. Some people are clinging to every last sunshine moment, and some here in the USA are already buckling down to work. Americans take very little vacation time,…
Read More

It's not just luck

Even without catastrophes throwing us for a loop, it seems hardenough to stay happy in an on-going way when everything is copacetic.The little niggling things get people down more than disasters. Andif…
Read More

How Centering Changes Your Life

To be life-affirming and experience-altering, centering needs to bebased on a belief that we are wonderful!When they first truly center, people are often amazed to notice thatthey feel grateful for what…
Read More

Follow Your Passion? Really???

It’s been such a rule for the past 20 years or so that, to live an authentic life and be happy in your career, you need to follow your passion. I have several problems with the whole notion. If you happen…
Read More

Most Powerful Spring Cleaning Ever? Release Shame

It’s the week of Imbolc, the Goddess Brigid’s Day, and the modern silly version, Groundhog Day. All are the half-way marker between Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. As energy begins stirring ay…
Read More

So, how are your New Year’s resolutions coming along?

If you’re on track still, give yourself a huge high-five, because you’re the exception! But, if you’re like most people, your earnestly resolved goal has already bitten the dust. One of the major reasons…
Read More

Cords and Decording: releasing the burdens and unhealthy connections

Have you ever had a time in your life when you feel you can’t get by on your own, are preoccupied with someone who seems needy, or you’re in conflict with, or are really worried about someone? Then you…
Read More

What an existential crisis is really about

I have a client who is wondering whether to take the plunge and address the underlying issues that have controlled her behavior her whole life. Up ’til now, she’s acted out in an unhealthy way in order…
Read More

Lack of Confidence Affects Job Hunt

Cynthia is a bright, stylin’ young woman who called in a panic from London. She was considering moving there and had gone to look up old friends and seek job opportunities. Friends wanted her to stay,…
Read More

Inherent Worthiness

(a Meditation on Happiness by Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, in his book, Happier)“To lead a happy life, we must experience a sense of inherent worthiness. As Nathaniel Branden writes, ‘In order to seek values,…
Read More

It’s so important to relax

It’s getting to the latter part of summer. Some people are clinging to every last sunshine moment, and some here in the USA are already buckling down to work. Americans take very little vacation time,…
Read More

It's not just luck

Even without catastrophes throwing us for a loop, it seems hardenough to stay happy in an on-going way when everything is copacetic.The little niggling things get people down more than disasters. Andif…
Read More

How Centering Changes Your Life

To be life-affirming and experience-altering, centering needs to bebased on a belief that we are wonderful!When they first truly center, people are often amazed to notice thatthey feel grateful for what…
Read More