We are bred to make judgments. Early on as kids we are taught the difference between good and bad, right and wrong. This translated to who we should be friends with, what school, sport and instrument is best for us, how to talk to authority figures, what to eat and even the type of person [...]

Have you ever noticed that whatever you resist persists? Even though your intention is to resist it so it goes away and does not have power over you, as long as you continue to give energy to a thing or a thought, it simply continues to grow.  It doesn’t matter if your thought is for [...]

The powers that be would have us believe that the beginning of a new year means the beginning of new habits and new ways of being. We search for new bodies, better relationships, the end of ‘bad habits’ and more material stuff. We’re tricked each year into believing that what we had last year and [...]

“Judgment and blame are the weightiest thoughts of all, as they lack love.”
Marianne Williamson
“I forgive myself.”  Imagine saying these words and meaning them.
Imagine truly being able to forgive yourself for things you have done or said in the past. Imagine truly letting go of the regrets, the sorrow and the immense heaviness of your burdened [...]

In the reading of the bestselling book Women, Food and God, I found myself immersed in the possibility of release.  Release from a lifetime of feeling caught up in so many emotions about food.  What Geneen Roth taught me through the pages of her book is that we are all searching for something to make us [...]

As you tune in to conversations that are going on around you, you will hear lots of people saying things like “That’s not good” or “That’s just plain wrong” or “It shouldn’t be this way”. Phrases like these express sentiments of displeasure, anger, judgment and resistance to what exists. At times you may agree with [...]

As we enter the new year, we find ourselves reflecting on the status of our lives. We look back on where have we been, what we have we done, whom have we interacted with and why things turned out as they did. We find ourselves happily rejoicing over successes, mourning over losses, rethinking [...]

Do you find yourself checking your list – checking it twice?  Are you gonna find out if it’s finished and nice?  Are you like countless others who check and re-check their work as much as ten or more times before deciding that it’s good enough for someone else’s eyes?  As much as we would like [...]