“I’m sure you’re getting up to get to work, walk the dog, feed the baby, go to the gym, prepare the kids’ breakfast, make the doctor’s appointment, take out the garbage, shovel the driveway, finish writing your report, but here’s the big question: Are you important enough to get up when there is no real reason to get up? Do you value yourself enough to greet a new day when there’s no compelling need to do so? Put even more strongly, are you...

“The ever-changing circumstances and events people are experiencing may prompt multi-fold responses to cope with what’s coming at them. Maybe this diet, that breathing exercise, this all-purpose, natural cleaner; these chiming bells, those affirmations, this book, that doctor or celebrity guru will provide the solution to all that ails you. Like a grasshopper, which is looking for the best blade of grass to land on, you’re jumping from new idea...

“Walking the dog, drinking your morning coffee, writing an email, stretching, watching the leaves blowing in the wind, observing your kids on the play structure, feeling the lotion against your skin, eating the muffin top – simple every day acts that if done with mindfulness will bring you satisfaction, and the wholeness that you are living your life completely.  Try it: concentrate totally on what you are doing – however small – and feel the...

“All is rolling along nicely and thump! When you least expect it, a situation seems to turn itself on end, and inside out. Out of the blue a remark, a conclusion, a bill, a message, an email stops you in your comfortable tracks and tosses you for a loop.  The ensuing nausea, headache, tears, collapse show your body understands and sympathizes with what you are digesting emotionally. Before you build this up into dramatic proportions, understand...

“A piece of advice or encouragement comes your way, and however small it is, it moves into your system unsuspectedly and nests. The next thing you know, it is whispering to you: “Want to do this?” “Why not do this?” “Am I the one to do this?” and so on. What may be causing you to hesitate is not the idea or project itself but the unknown that is aligning itself with this something new in your life. Not knowing what’s going to happen once you...

“Everything looks good on the outside.  The world is agreeing and so is your family and friends. But the small, still voice on the inside has its quiet thoughts, too – gently stirring until you do hear them but you don’t really want to hear them. They’re confusing you, distracting you, telling you that something is amiss externally, and no matter how much you logically convince yourself this is not the case, you know “deep down inside” that...