The old adage goes: You never know unless you ask. So, why don’t we? For me the fears are either: A: I’m imposing. Or B: I should already know the answer. Well, if we ‘assume’ these things, we miss out on an ocean of opportunity and knowledge. A while back I saw from social media posts that a New York Times Best Selling author of a book that I love, was in my town! Rather than sinking into old patterns of thinking ‘I’d be imposing to reach out and ask ...

The old adage goes: “Everything happens for a reason.” Now, mind you I am usually quite in tune with this philosophy. Most of the time I am fully aware there is a bigger picture I cannot see, to be patient and trust the truth there is indeed a reason, no matter how illogical it may seem at the time. I’m even there to remind others of this fascinating fact when they are in a frenzy. However, I am human, and I do have the occasional ‘amnesia’ to this ...

I work. I work with my clients. I work with my students. I work on my business. I work on myself. I work to be better at all I do, all I am and all I offer. I work with mentors. One day my mentor said ‘you’re doing great… now go play!’ Yes! I thought. Play. I’ve been working hard. I deserve to play. I’m going to play! In that excited moment I looked around and paused. Perplexed, I asked myself: ‘HOW do I play?’ My goodness, has it ...

Spring is officially here!What a great time of year!A time of new beginnings and rebirth.Flowers start to awake and come up from the earth.There is a freshness and freedom that is felt.The green grass is uncovered with the snow’s melt.Possibility is in the air.Life shines with new flare.Embrace it. Breathe it in.Allow the newness in you to begin. Happy Spring! I love this time of year. This past Friday, the official start of Spring was especially magical! It not only marked my 40th year ...

I typically start my day off with meditation. It’s the first thing I do upon awaking. However, yesterday morning was different. There was something I needed to respond to. It was a message from the travel agent. We are last minute booking our honeymoon and options tend to go as fast as they come. I debated on doing my meditation first, but my head said ‘NO, you need to take care of this. You can take a day off, this is important! You don’t want to miss an opportunity!’ I ...

It’s a new year, and a time many set goals, make resolutions, and swear THIS IS THE YEAR I WILL… Do. Become. Stop doing. Start doing. Make it right. While all of this is good: reflecting on what we do want and releasing what we don’t want, we often fail to see what we HAVE done, become, and accomplished already. I had a dream in which I was ecstatic about my consistent meditation practice. However, rather than enjoying that achievement, I immediately ...

Today is the six month anniversary of my wedding. Tomorrow is the two month anniversary of my father’s funeral. In a little over two weeks we celebrate Thanksgiving in the U.S. In this sea of life…. we all have a choice. A choice to reflect on our blessings, or a choice to illuminate our short-comings, disappointments, lacks, losses, or what-if’s. I could choose to remember how I missed conversations I wanted to have at our wedding, lost photo opportunities, didn’t say ...

Early this morning, was a tough one for me. It marked the one month anniversary of my father’s passing. I knew that we were going to have a full lunar eclipse (and blood moon) around the same time I had held his hand during his transition. I wondered if I’d naturally awake in time to see it. Ironically, I awoke much earlier, as I did the morning one month prior. Many memories flooded in with my premature rise, creating streams of salt water cascading down my cheeks. Missing him ...

There was a day when I felt like a sailor without a compass in the middle of the sea, gazing out at the deep blue in all directions, not knowing which way to point my sail. We all have these days from time to time, and for me the best way to get clear, reconnected and find my map is to go to the water. So that is exactly what I did. I approached my peaceful ‘local ocean’ which customarily offers me varying blue waves of insight that stretch on forever until it kisses the skyline, ...

Last month, on World Oceans Day, my husband and I went to the beach to celebrate the sea and clean our local shoreline along Lake Michigan. I decided to bring a bag of small seashells with me, inspired to spread the message of the day with anyone we met along our journey. At one location, we came across a family with children. I decided to walk over and explain to them about the day and what we were doing. The parents did not speak English, however, the kids did. The older boy echoed my ...