In life, we are always setting goals for ourselves and working to make them happen. This gives us focus and ensures that we use our time and energy efficiently and effectively. It also provides us with a sense of purpose and direction. We know where we are going and what we want to do. But quite often, due to forces outside our control, things do not go as we had planned-the flat tire on the way to the wedding, the unforeseen flu virus-and we have to adjust to a postponement …

I read this again today as a part of my morning meditation and wanted to share it with you. It feels critically important for those of us trying to remember our ultimate Truth.
“You might want something with all your heart and soul, but without believing it is possible, you simply cannot maintain the thoughts necessary to bring it to fruition. This explains why it’s your hopes and fears you believe to be the most plausible that you usually manifest, because they’ve been “allowed” the most play in your mind. The thoughts that exist just outside …

“We each have a perfect inner guidance system and an inherent capacity for love and expansion of consciousness. In truth, there is betrayal of self and Creator when one ignores or rebels against one’s internal intuition, instincts, common sense, and wisdom. From a more expanded perspective, the oversoul or Higher Self guides the heart’s purity of intent to be harmless, and assess the soul’s readiness for advanced levels of empowerment.”
What you just read was from the book  Anna, Grandmother of Jesus by Claire Heartsong http://www.claireheartsong.com. When I first read this, …

“Think what you thought, get what you got.” More from Mike Dooley’s book, Infinite Possibilities. The power of visualization and belief Systems.

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What is post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD?
PTSD is an anxiety disorder that some people get after seeing or living through a dangerous event.
When in danger, it’s natural to feel afraid. This fear triggers many split-second changes in the body to prepare to defend against the danger or to avoid it. This “fight-or-flight” response is a healthy reaction meant to protect a person from harm. But in PTSD, this reaction is changed or damaged. People who have PTSD may feel stressed or frightened even when they’re no longer in danger.
Who gets …

Mindfulness, as a daily practice in our lives, opens the gates within to awareness, healing and the growth of Self.  Being in the present doesn’t have to begin with a perceived, mystical experience.  In fact, try gardening.  Rather than letting your awareness scatter as you pull weeds, and fertilize; focus on the cultivation process you have stepped into.  Look around and feel the presence of the garden; the soil, vegetation, each weed or flower.  Allow the beauty of nurturing the life of the garden to flow freely through and around …

Every year I look forward with great anticipation and excitement to watching “The Tour” on television. Seeing the images of the beautiful European countryside, the supportive communities, and the amazing athletes is always an inspiration to me. This year I was hopeful that Lance would pull of an another amazing victory but after three falls in one day and flat tire another day, it was not to be. But just like Lance’s book “It’s not about the Bike” is not so much about cycling, my reference to “The Tour” on …

A feeling is usually something we have after we think. We carefully (or sometimes not so carefully) think our way through something and then come to a decision so we can then have “our” feeling. What if we didn’t think so much and just allowed life to unfold around us without so much mental interference? How much simpler would our lives be?
Try this. Practice having your feelings without judgement or expectation. Allow yourself to completely and fully feel, then notice what happens. What changed? What’s different?  Not fighting your feelings, …

When a person thinks of post traumatic stress disorder, the first thing that comes to mind is the grizzled veteran, back from Vietnam. The truth of the matter is that women that have never even seen war are at a very high risk for post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. No less than half of the women in the United States of America will suffer from some type of traumatic event in their lifetimes. A significant portion of these women will then go on to suffer from post traumatic stress …

Last night a client told me he felt “powerful” and “larger” than he had ever felt before. He had these feelings along with a “deep sense of calm.” The reason? He had just completed a Journey to his Sacred Garden as referred to in episode 62 ( http://www.onlinerecoverysupport.com/?p=1355). Along with this calm, he felt grounded and profoundly aware of the amazing connection that we all have to the Spirit world. As I mentioned in the broadcast, this type of exercise allows us to gain access to, and remember much of what we have forgotten about ourselves and our link to a magical and healing dimension of the Universe. In this space, incredible visions, feelings, and ideas can come to us that bring a light to the darkness. When we are busy with the “things of this world” we forget that we are magical and powerful. We forget all that we have to be grateful for. We forget that if we were to just stop and listen, we might discover that the very thing we have been looking for, for so long, was right there all the time.