Spirit

Updated Feb 25, 2016 (Originally published Nov 28, 2012) When you love yourself, you love the world. When you love the world, you change the world. A riddle for you. What's one thing that allows happiness to blossom, makes health flourish, and can make you cry like a puppy lost in the snow? You guessed it.…

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Years ago, I met two people so passionately in love that I could only think they were newly-weds. When they entered the room together, they radiated an aura of love for each other that made it hard not to watch them. A passion that sparkled. When I met Stacey and Paul Martino, I learned that…

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Take an honest look at your intimate relationship. Is it missing passion, alignment, engagement, or support? Does your relationship feel like it's missing that electric energy, which was there in your first months or first years together? Are you settling for boring and disconnected, believing that this is how all relationships end up? Even worse,…

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Of the many uncertainties that tragedy leaves us with, I know one thing is true: we must be warriors in our daily lives. In the wake of Boston bombings, just a few short months post-Newtown, we feel vulnerable, confused, angry and raw. Why is this happening? What's wrong with this overcrowded, stressed, and unpredictable world?…

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We’re told that we are supposed to love ourselves, but no one teaches us how to do it. (Listen to Maria's guest interview with me here.) Loving your self is a state of being. Who teaches us how to practice self-care? (more…)

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This is the third posting of a series in radical forgiveness. Please visit the first post "Finding Forgiveness" for Part I or "Finding Forgiveness Part II"  as well. Forgiveness action plan: Lama Marut assigns the first week's work to write a list of all the people who have caused you pain in any form. Write…

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Please visit the last post "Finding Forgiveness" for Part I of this journey. How the forgiveness journey begins: In week #1 (this week), Lama Marut asks us to look our pain square in the face. This might sound easy, but it does require the wisdom to know why it is essential in order to fuel…

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Meditation is beautiful. Every day, indulge in a few moments of silence. Allow yourself to cocoon away from the world and all of your senses. Close your eyes. Take deep breaths. Temporarily renounce your interest in seeing, smelling, hearing, tasting and touching anything for the few moments of your meditation. (more…)

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I don't know. But I'm beginning to think that LOVE is the only thing that gives anything meaning. I may think that there is meaning in chasing things, but without love behind my efforts and intentions, whatever I do seems meaningless. For people who love reading or gardening, an intrinsic meaning is there when doing…

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"Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generating that kind of energy toward yourself- if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself- it is very difficult to take care of another person. (more…)

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