“A memory, a situation, a song, an encounter, a dream, a return to a familiar place prompts a flashback to a cascade of feelings. Are they feel-good or not so very happy?  Do they pull you back into something or someone that you thought was long forgotten, removed and dissolved? Not so! Like a ghost, they’re back to haunt – perhaps tantalize you. You have to admit despite the tugging and even the pleasure, you’re not the same person you...

“Is it your imagination or are you experiencing more animals coming up to you than before? Are they looking at you longer as they peer from behind a tree? Are they swooping in closer and lower than you remember? Are there more of them than you typically see on a walk in the neighbourhood or hike in the woods? No, you’re not imagining things, the animals are approaching us. They are observing you and figuring out whether you are ready in...

“” Sign, sign – Everywhere a sign -Blockin’ out the scenery – Breakin’ my mind – Do this, don’t do that – Can’t you read the sign?” These lyrics come from the song released in 1970 by Five Man Electrical Band. They’re just as relevant today as then: road signs, directions, traffic lights, warnings, pedestrian crossings, billboards, speed cameras…add orange pile-ons and construction barriers to the...

“You have experienced this: one person begins to laugh and soon everyone nearby is laughing, chuckling away while not always aware of what the joke is in the first place.  Laughter is contagious. It doesn’t matter how loud, boisterous, funny or cute it is; its sounds tickle others into submission – happy submission. Your spirit is like that, too. No matter how subtly, spontaneously, pointedly or shyly you exude your genuine essence, it...

“Are you in-between? In between jobs, a relationship, midway through a renovation, deciding where to vacation, what to wear to the party, having dessert or not, trying a new restaurant or sticking with the tried-and-true one? Maybe it’s not finishing a book – a first for you; are you scared about calling off the wedding when you know s/he’s not the one?  People, situations – your life – seemed to be such a sure thing before. Three, five years...

“Not to worry – you’re not spiraling out of control, but you are spiraling. Straight upwards taking in new sights and sounds as they reveal themselves to you. You are also extending outwards sideways as you ascend. It seems this circular motion is causing you to revisit people and situations – Déjà vu – you could call it that. Certainly, spiraling where you are moving both vertically and horizontally simultaneously can bring about a dizzying...