I’m a wife, mother, daughter, Gamma---and no, as Ringo once famously sang, it ain’t easy. Toss in juggling a full time job, my writing projects, being the full-time caregiver for my mother, a once busy, active, independent woman now a mere shell of her former self...
Change: It’s scary. It’s awesome. It’s necessary. by Steve Silverman
Change. It’s scary. It’s awesome. It’s necessary. When I was seventeen years old, my father got a new job offer in Arizona. Did I mention the part where we lived in New Jersey? Go look on a map. Arizona is about as far west as you can go before hitting, well,...
The Pickup Sticks Perspective
As a child I used to play pickup sticks. You know the game—the one where you have to pick a spindly thin long fragile plastic stick off the floor without touching another stick. Sorta like mind your P’s and Q’s or never mix your veggies with your mashed potatoes....
Unconditional Love by Ralph Cissne
When springtime approaches we are mindful of renewal, harmony and what conscious cultures consider a way of life: to honor the feminine. The concept of spiritual practice passing “through the feminine” marked the beginning of human consciousness and transcendent...
Freedom by Jason Levitt
I’m going to share a story about some of my experiences and ‘evolutions’ over the last month, in hopes that you’ll be able to relate and be inspired to make some of these same leaps yourself. We enter the stream of events on a day my laptop decided to slow to a crawl...
The Choice to Think by Frank Natale
The choice to think determines your reality. When you are conscious you have all the relationships you choose to have. When you choose to be healthy and prosperous you are clear about what your body requires and the direction your career is headed. With practice you...
No Comment? by Richard Romano
If you have spent any amount of time in the blogosphere or on online news sites, you have likely experienced all the colorful varieties of user comments. In many cases, you’ll get some civil responses, and even some that raise good points and are quite helpful, adding...
Re~Belle by Jordan Ross Allen
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be”—Lao Tzu When I was young I had my share of traumatic events in my life. Just like you! One thing that I’ve learned is that these events had no meaning. They were just things that happened in my life. Then, I...
Leveraging Time by Carter Mason
Time is not your enemy, and it can be a powerful ally. Your relationship to time determines your success or failure. The desire for immediate results and gratification can be overwhelming. Right now in early February, the gym is already less crowded than it was a...
Who Are Your Balcony People?—A Tribute to Martin Luther King
Today we celebrate the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest social justice crusaders, orators, pacifists, and spiritual workers the world has even known. Least to mention one of the greatest visionaries. His I have Dream Speech resonates as...