How we say things are important The Irish phrase sadness in a way that I think we need to adopt. The Irish people say, “Sadness is on me.” The implication is that the feeling of sadness is able to move away. We say, “I am sad.” This implies “ownership” and something we want to keep. By owning our feelings — they own us. I am encouraging you, and everyone, to rethink how we address feelings. Our statements on how we… Read more »
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10 Ideas to Help You Cope and Heal from Cancer
I’ve been diagnosed with cancer…Now what?!? 10 Ideas to Help You Cope and Heal from Cancer Download the eBook Here: Cancer: 10 ideas to help you cope | Free eBook An Introduction to my new eBook If you read my bio, you know that I spent 30 years working as a psychoanalyst. During that time, I became interested in shamanism and other forms of healing. A health crisis in 2002 gave me the impetus to study alternative approaches to… Read more »
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Love Yourself
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What a concept! Hire an Angel.
Here’s a book that opens up possibilities for everyone. Hiring the Heavens: A Practical Guide to Developing Working Relationships with the Spirits of Creation by Jean Slater. Published March 10, 2005, by New World Library. Thousands of angels are waiting to be hired – and you don’t need a crisis to hire them! For example, if you’re starting a business — hire an angel publicist, researcher, accountant, and whoever else you need. Going on a trip to a foreign country?… Read more »
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Happiness Practices
I came across this article in the Greater Good Magazine about a medical office that prescribes Happiness Practices to their patients. I found it to be good advice to help us to be happy — so I decided I would share them here with you to use in the new year. Take a few deep breaths Call an old friend Give someone a hug Help a friend in need Write a thank you note Sing in the shower Dance to… Read more »
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Waking Up to the Dark: a book review
Waking Up to the Dark Ancient wisdom for a sleepless age By Clark Strand | Illustrated by Will Lytle | Penguin Random House (April 28, 2015) Do you often find yourself awake in the middle of the night? If you do, what do you do? Do you toss and turn and try to force yourself back to sleep? Do you start to take medications that help you sleep through the night? Or do you just lay back and relax in a semiconscious… Read more »
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The Sweetness of a Simple Life: a book review
The Sweetness of a Simple Life Tips for a healthier, happier and kinder living from a visionary natural scientist By Diana Beresford-Kroeger, PhD | Penguin Random House (April 7, 2015) This year, my plan is to share various books, articles, and philosophers who can help us heal ourselves and, in turn, heal our earth and climate. This is the second book of Diana Beresford-Kroeger that I have read. The first was To Speak for the Trees which I read while vacationing… Read more »
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Free download: Your Gratitude Journal
Beginning today, I encourage you to write down things you are grateful to have in your life. Your list can be as simple or as complicated as you like. There are no rules except to have gratitude every day of your life. Plus, research shows that we need to write down at least one thing you feel grateful for every week. Aim for three times per week. Your Gratitude Journal To get you started, we’ve designed three PDFs for you… Read more »
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Survival of the Kindest
We are living in a time of great uncertainty. It’s also a time of immense opportunity for us to begin to live a more meaningful life. In my lifetime I think back to my parents and what the world was like back then. Just before the second world war began, they escaped from Nazi Germany and individually moved to South Africa. We are Jewish. Most of our relatives died during Hitler and his Nazi reign. It was a time of… Read more »
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Heart Intelligence: A book review
Heart Intelligence Connecting with the intuitive guidance of the heart By Doc Childre, Howard Martin, Deborah Rozman, and Rollin McCraty Waterfront Press (February 14, 2016) What an uplifting and optimistic book! I found Heart Intelligence: Connecting with the intuitive guidance of the heart a joy to read. Throughout this book the authors — Doc Childre, Howard Martin, Deborah Rozman, and Rollin McCraty – walk us through today’s cutting-edge research to show us just how powerful our hearts can be. This… Read more »