A Reminder of Gratitude During A Busy Holiday Season

How easily we can forget how precious life is! So long as we can remember, we’ve just been here, being alive. Unlike other things for which we have a good comparison– black to white, day to night, good to bad– we are so immersed in life that we can see it only in the context [...]

Thanksgiving 2011

  Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, [...]

Daydreaming Up A Purpose

Daydreams are the launchpad for living our purpose. I had a life coach that encouraged us every morning, before we got out of bed to envision a day in our perfect life.  Not a casual dream, mind you, but a thoughtful vision where we could see every detail of our life. I spent time imagining [...]

The Unexpected Joy of Bad Things

“The good thing about bad things is that they always make way for even better things.”   – author unknown, but it’s pretty darn smart, yes? Sometimes your entire life can change when you re-frame those bad times. Laid off?  It’s a chance to pursue something that’s stokes your passion. Completely broke?  It’s a chance for [...]

Congrats to the New Mind Body Institute Graduates!

This handsome group of peeps are the most recent graduates at Mind Body Institute. I was honored to be part of their massage school experience. They were full of questions, passion and energy.  Not only did they renew my excitement for the work I do, but their desire to learn forced me to expand my [...]

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