Owning Your Power as a Highly Sensitive Person

“You’re too sensitive!” Ever hear that when you were growing up?
As an adult, you might have heightened awareness in different areas. It could be physical — like having sensitive hearing or a keen sense of smell. And it can be internal, like intuition and empathy — being aware of and affected by the energy [...]

Refine Your Resolutions!

So now it’s 2010! Have you made your resolutions yet? What would you like to do with this beautiful new year? … You can take your goals to the next level by making sure that you’re not forgetting the basics…by building a strong foundation.

Wishing you the Gift of Peace

I’m not talking about world peace, although wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing? Just simple inner peace in body, mind, and spirit.
Inner peace is really just being calm and present in the moment, no matter how your family is getting along, how hectic traffic is, or how the food turned out.
Not such an [...]

Chocolate is a Woman’s Best Friend (just don’t tell my dog I said that!)

This morning, I’ve been taking it easy after our choral concert last night. I’ve discovered that I’m actually a closet ham…I love to sing, and the bigger the audience, the better
My friend Sharon and I sang “We need a Little Christmas” in comedy style with a Charlie Brown tree, and we couldn’t [...]

This just in: Smiling can makes you feel happier

Last week, I filmed the video segments for Meditation 101. Now if you’ve ever seen yourself on video, you know it’s kind of an adjustment! We look different to the world and on film than we imagine. And, as we’ve been editing the footage, I noticed something striking. When I am intently concentrating on something, [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

Last night, I sang at an ecumenical Thanksgiving service here in town. Pastors, choirs, and congregations from four different churches joined together to celebrate.
I’d like to share with you what Fr. Dan Tantimonaco from our local Episcopal church said during the service. It hit home for me, and no matter what your faith, it [...]

National Novel Writing Month is Here!

How cool is that, I ask you? What, you haven’t heard of NaNoWriMo?
Imagine thousands of people around the world, writing with the goal of 50,000 words completed in the month of November. The concept of “wherever two or more are gathered” is powerful. When you get together in a group with the same goals, [...]

Does Your Inner Critic Stop You Before You Get Started?

Ever catch yourself thinking “if only,” or “that’s a cool idea,” and instantly follow it with some variation of “I can’t do that”? Or, “it will never work”?
That’s your inner critic talking. Creativity genius Win Wenger calls it your “squelcher.”
Now I think there’s a good reason to have a squelcher … it literally [...]

Keep your momentum going…

When you begin a creative project, it’s tough to keep your momentum going. Sometimes projects sit half-finished for years…or they remain a fantasy and never get off the ground.
Life has a way of intervening. Maybe your commute took an extra 45 minutes today because of an accident on the freeway. Or you spent all day [...]

Great summer books to fire up your creative genius!

Today is the Summer Solstice (what with it being Father’s Day and all, I forgot!). Summer is officially here!
A great book can help to recharge your creative batteries! I’d like to share two of my favorite summer reads with you.

First up, Sarah Addison Allen’s Garden Spells…a lovely story set in the [...]

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