3 Things That Turned My Suffering into Blissful Peace
“To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos…
The Best Approach to Self-Care: How to Attend to Your Unmet Needs
“Caring for your body, mind, and spirit is your greatest and grandest responsibility. It’s about listening to the needs of your soul and then honoring them.” ~Kristi Ling There’s something I…
How Embodiment Can Make You Feel More Alive (and 5 Ways to Do It)
“Embodiment is living within, being present within the internal space of the body.” ~Judith Blackstone When I was a little boy, I would dance whenever I heard a catchy pop…
The One Thought That Killed My Crippling Fear of Other People’s Opinions
“Don’t worry if someone does not like you. Most people are struggling to like themselves.” ~Unknown For as long as I can remember, I have been deathly afraid of what…
10 Ways to Calm Anxious Thoughts and Soothe Your Nervous System
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” ~Jack Canfield Freezing in fear is something I have done since I was a child. My first home was an…
5 Tips For Talking With Your Teen About Using Substances
Raising children is a difficult task that only strengthens when that child becomes a teen. During adolescence, it is a time of discovering who they are, and they will often…
It’s Amazing How a Little Kindness Can Open Someone’s Heart
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so…
How Releasing Control Opened Me Up to a Limitless Life
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” ~Robert Bach I have always wanted to create a family. As a child, I lovingly cared…