Navigating transitions becomes an art form for many of us, by the time we reach our 60s and 70s. When I wrote several years ago about my husband’s diagnosis, I thought I’d write my way through the changes that were sure to come. But, some times things are just too…
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FEELINGS JUST ARE – Manage Your Thoughts, But Allow Your Feelings
Feelings just are. I think I spent most of my life trying to manage my feelings. Born a HSP (highly sensitive person) and an empath, my world was a giant stew of sensory perceptions. If I had a brain, I didn’t have control of it, that’s for sure. My senses…
View More FEELINGS JUST ARE – Manage Your Thoughts, But Allow Your FeelingsGETTING UNSTUCK — How to Get a Handle on What Is Holding You Back
Freeing ourselves from troublesome situations or behaviors is a skill not everyone possesses. We all experience times when things just don’t feel right and we are uncertain of what it is we need to change. At other times we know exactly what to do differently but we can’t find a…
View More GETTING UNSTUCK — How to Get a Handle on What Is Holding You BackWISDOM – WHAT IS IT? #WisdomWednesday
As a young adult I admired those individuals who emulated wisdom. I read voraciously the words of great writers and teachers who seemed to have an inside tract on the meaning of life. From Kierkegaard, Tillich, C.S. Lewis, Kahlil Gibran, Jesus, Reinhold Niebuhr, Jung, Martin Buber, to Camus, Sartre, Herman Hess, Samuel…
View More WISDOM – WHAT IS IT? #WisdomWednesdayWisdom Wednesday – Being Authentic
Being authentic requires us to change… and change doesn’t come easily for any of us. In fact, it becomes more difficult with age. Decades of buried hurts and confusion have clouded our vision, damped our courage and our ability to be authentic. We no longer even know where to begin. We must remind ourselves, however, that…
View More Wisdom Wednesday – Being AuthenticA Father’s Day Gift for the UnFathered
Father’s Day is a day, created by a culture whose moral, ethical and spiritual foundation is at times questionable, and yet we are sucked in by it. How many of us are feeling guilt today because we don’t feel a generosity of spirit toward our fathers? Or, sad because our…
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