Our brains like lists and stages to give us some kind of idea of where we are and where we’re heading. In Zen Buddhism, it’s the 10 Ox-Herding pictures. According to Rick Hanson, in his book, The Buddha’s Brain, there are 4. Both can be helpful. But first, let me back up to a universal

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I was on Skype with a client this week who is in a life transition. She knows it’s an important transition to make and has been having some fear with it (totally normal in life transitions). As we were working through the fear with our eyes closed, she went from feeling scared to feeling expansive,

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I had a dream the other night – it was really vivid. I was swimming in the ocean with a snorkel or scuba dive gear – not sure which one, but the water felt very real. When I first poked my nose and eyes under the water, everything was really cloudy – I couldn’t see

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An age old question. Sometimes worded as, “Why are we here?” I’ve asked myself this question and I’m guessing you have too. It wasn’t until I was on a meditation retreat that I experienced the answer. It didn’t happen through my mind, but an experience – a knowing that came in an unexpected moment. My

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Sometimes the spiritual journey can seem like a hoax. What’s it all for anyway? And sometimes nothing else matters but the spiritual path. As if it finally provides meaning to life in a way that nothing else has. When it feels like a hoax is when we have expectations that aren’t being met. Caroline Myss

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Sometimes it feels like you’re on a bucking bronco – being thrown around in the air like a 5 year old’s play toy on a bad day. Which way will you be thrown today and for how far? And where? Transition and change are some of the most unsettling times in our life. Yet often,

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There’s a song by the Goo Goo Dolls with this line in it, “The end of fear is where we begin – The moment we decide to let love in.” I’ve heard it sung many times. Words, powerful words. But up until now, I hadn’t really “let love in” fully. Rumi says, “Your task is

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With a move from Bozeman coming up this fall (and not sure where I’m going), I’ve been feeling the need to take some quiet time to listen. To listen to what my intuition is saying. Last weekend was a “self-retreat” weekend.  It was time to go sit by some water (I find water to be

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You fight for certainty. You want to know. You run from the uncertainty. “Give me the answer!” you yell from the top of your lungs. The answer to why you feel unsettled. I know. I’ve been there.  For the last year and half, I’d felt this unsettled feeling. Not a lot, but when I’d come

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It happened again. You’re on your way to a doctors appointment running 10 min. late. The knot in your stomach grows as you watch the clock while you’re at the stop light. You think, “Damn it. I hate being late.”  But here you are. You know you’ll be late. You rush through the lights, even

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