Life’s challenges can be a springboard to happiness. You might laugh, and say “No way, hard times SUCK, and I wish I didn’t have to go through them!” Well, I’m here to tell you differently. To say to you, “Hard times are a gift.”  Yes, it’s true. IF you take the path of learning from

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What do I mean by “box?” I mean the internal box. The box that says, “No, don’t say what you’ll mean or you’ll hurt her/him.” The box that says, “Don’t scream right now, it’s not appropriate.” The box that says, “Don’t draw, cause you’re not an artist.” Or the box that says, “You don’t know

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“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” ~Anatole France The word CHANGE. What does it bring up for you? Do you notice joy, fear, excitement, anxiety, or dread? In the

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I know what you’re thinking, “I hate having anxiety!” – maybe I’m wrong in saying this, but my guess is, I’m not. It’s not a pleasant feeling: maybe you have a knot in your stomach, tightness in your chest or shoulders, nausea, insomnia, or fatigue. I know for me, I didn’t like it when I

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So there I was. Alaska. 10 of us moving up a glacier. I’m in charge on this trip – “the expert” so to speak. With 20 years of doing this stuff, you’d think I was the expert, or at least my ego thinks so. We’re walking up a glacier attempting to complete an ambitious route

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“No, I can’t, I don’t have enough time” or “No, I can’t, I don’t have enough money.” Familiar excuses I spent much of my life running through my head, and saying them to others. “Do you want to go to…. Angela?”, “No, I can’t afford it” I’d reply. “A beautiful retreat to relax and rejuvenate…”

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As I continue my journey of growth and evolving, I continue the unfolding of my feminine side. Until I was 35, I rejected my feminine side. This included dressing in more masculine clothes, ignoring my wisdom and intuition, dis-respecting feminine power, and seeing heart and emotions as “weak.”  Then one day, when I went to

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I had a beautiful conversation with a friend this morning who is going through a big life transition – leaving her relationship. We talked about the loneliness that comes  after living with someone for so long, or even when we haven’t been living with some one. She said it comes up for her sometimes, and

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This past weekend, Alice Robison and I facilitated a one day silent meditation retreat in Bozeman. We had mentioned the word “compassion” throughout the day, and in the closing circle of sharing questions and/or experiences, one participant asked: “So what does compassion mean anyway?” What a great question!! It got me thinking, why not write

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Doubt. A word and feeling that can be pervasive in thought and action. “I doubt this will work out, or work at all,” “I doubt that I can do this,” “I doubt that they are capable of this.” It’s like a black ooze that runs through our energy, coating hopes and dreams, desires and passions,

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