irritation is a platform for growth

Whatever it is that we don’t like in another person, we don’t like in ourself. “You Spot It, You Got It.” I was in a workshop with a woman that had something to say about almost everything the instructor was teaching us. By the fourth day, I found myself...

awareness is key

“You cannot change what you do not acknowledge”. Dr. Phil’s Life Law #4 In other words if I’m having a hard time with situations and people, what’s the common denominator? ME! The only way to begin to change our lives is to realize it starts, here. That means...

why is it soooo hard to surrender?

It’s so hard to surrender, because we think we know what’s best for us and for those around us. Hello! Look around; we don’t always know what’s best. We are control freaks, constantly wanting to control others, when the truth of the mater is, it’s a huge task just to...

prayer

Growing up Catholic, prayer became just words. I attended a private school that sometimes included Church as part of our school day. The “Hail Mary” and the “Our Father”, where prayers that were said with a rosary (prayer beads) or just independently. I remember being...

why is vulnerability so scary?

Vulnerability is scary because we don’t know what’s on the other side of it. In my journey to vulnerability, I realized that if I gave up everything that I ever knew…in other words who I thought I was…I didn’t know who I would be. There was a part of me...