The fairytale books say relationships are a fairy tale. You meet the person of your dreams, and voila, you’re in complete bliss and happiness: “happily ever after” as they say. Well, the Truth of it is, it’s not a fairytale. It takes work. It takes effort to communicate, resolve conflict, work through money issues, decide

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There are many parts of my life I didn’t plan on or had something totally different in mind. I didn’t plan on having anxiety or a panic attack at age 32. I didn’t plan on it taking 8 years to know my purpose. I didn’t plan on getting sick for 2 years with a virus

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Several weeks ago I decided to do a weekend yoga workshop. I had never done one before. This one was being taught by a friend who had gone to India to study this particular style of yoga (Surya Kriya) with an Eastern Mystic named Sadhguru, and I thought, “What the heck? It’ll be good for

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I was a Do It Yourselfer.  For a long time (like decades). Not only with things like fixing the leaky faucet, but I managed a 3 month remodel of my house while living with my new boyfriend (which I don’t recommend – either one that is). And finally, I was determined to heal on my

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Money. How much energy do you use to think about money? “I don’t have enough, I need more, it’s going to cost too much, is it worth the money, what’s on sale?” I grew up listening to my parents, teachers, and friends stressing about money, talking about not being able to afford this or that. It’s

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You might not want to hear this, but I’m going to say it anyway: Gossiping is toxic to your health. There, I said it. Just saying it is going against the grain of society and culture. Scary, but true. I once read in Yoga Journal a short article that said that gossiping helps to create

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Do you struggle with conflict like I do? Do you run and hide or stay silent so you don’t have to get in an argument with someone?  That was me to a tee. It use to work pretty well for me. I just ran away (avoided) and then didn’t deal. Done.  But the side affect?

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When I took my first ballroom dancing class (country two-step) 10 years ago, I felt awkward, uncoordinated, and most of all, phobic of my partner. “Ewww – I’m suppose to touch this guy I don’t know – I mean be that close to him?” That was my own insecurities of course – nothing to do

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Life is a choice. It’s all a choice. I’m not talking about the events of life, but how you respond to those events, whether you like them or not. And how you respond to the opportunities in your life. How many times today, this week, or this month have you said the words, “I can’t”

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Do you get tired of people saying to you, “Well, just let go of it/him/her”? Or argue with yourself that it’s time to let go, but you don’t know how to? I want to share with you one of my favorite stories told by my spiritual teacher Matthew when he was three years into his

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