Learning to Love: Let Your Barriers Down Your task is not to seek love, but to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. A Course In Miracles Reading this quote elicited a loud "AMEN" from my spirit. Inn a flash it was revealed to me that to seek... ( added 200 days 10 hours ago.)

It's Been A Difficult Month This month has been full of challenges. It started with a cold. No big deal right? Just snuggle up with a box of tissues and hot tea for two weeks and all is well. How lucky for me it even hit the night my winter vacation started so I could... ( added 230 days 17 hours ago.)

Nurture Your Spirit: Create a Sacred Space Did you know that you could have sacred spaces in your home? You can make them as simple or elaborate as you like. Some people set up a formal home altar with religious icons where they meditate or pray alone or as a family. Others may keep it... ( added 254 days 11 hours ago.)

Holistic Healing: A New Paradigm? What do you think of when you think of Holistic Health or Alternative Medicine? You may say accupuncture, reiki, nutrition or herbal remedies. And you are correct, in part. The above represent just a few of the many holistic modalities familiar... ( added 263 days 14 hours ago.)

Five Reasons to Inform Your Doctor About Your Use of Complementary Therapies People have a tendency to keep their doctors uninformed about their use of complementary therapies. Sometimes they are afraid their doctor will think they are silly or might be offended. They might worry they'll be refused treatment or have to... ( added 263 days 14 hours ago.)

In the News: Research Leads to Promising Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease I rarely get excited about anything reported in the news but yesterday was an exception. On February 8, 2009 the reporter announced that a team of researchers at the University of California in San Diego published an article in the Journal of... ( added 271 days 8 hours ago.)

Valentines Day: Give the Gift of Heart Healthy, Feel Good Chocolate The health news that made me happiest was learning that dark chocolate was good for us. After years of hearing about how all the foods I loved were so unhealthy, this news was long overdo. I'm sure there was a concerted cry of joy from women the... ( added 279 days 13 hours ago.)

Valentines Day: Gifts From the Heart for Your Significant Other This Valentine's day I'd like to challenge you to give your significant other a gift that shows how much you value him or her. The gifts suggested here cost very little if any money. They do require that you give something of yourself. You may... ( added 279 days 16 hours ago.)

How to Prepare your Preschooler to be a Reader: A Reading Recovery Teacher's Perspective After ten years and hundreds of first-graders passing through my doors, I've discovered that several things seem to routinely affect a child's ability to become a successful reader and learner. Surprisingly, they appear to have little to do with... ( added 285 days 9 hours ago.)

How to Set and Maintain Personal Boundaries in Relationships "Oh man, she called so I went over. Now she calls all the time. I feel my energy being drained. I can't believe I let myself get sucked in again." If you have ever felt like this, you are not alone. Most of us have been taught to... ( added 287 days 8 hours ago.)

A Second Chance: Is There Someone You Need to Sit With? Have you ever thought someone was different than they really are? Did a loved one deceive you and now you feel bitter? I would like to tell you a story about a time this happened to me, and the lessons I learned because of this experience. Several... ( added 294 days 16 hours ago.)

Achieve Your Goals: How to Engage Your Brain to Help You Get Motivated and Stay Motivated Motivation is a key factor in any successful goal-setting plan. Achieving personal goals, self-improvement plans and life goals depend on our ability to maintain a sustained and consistent effort. Research suggests that a powerful ally in the... ( added 301 days 10 hours ago.)

Healthy Goals to Live By- Drink Plenty of Water For Health and Wellness Why do we need to drink "so much" water? The average 150 pound adult is made up of approximately 2/3rds water. That's 40-50 quarts of water or 80-100 pounds of water per person! Your body uses about three quarts of water a day to carry out its... ( added 307 days 15 hours ago.)

Healthy Goals to Live By: Practice Mini-Meditations to Help You Focus and Reduce Stress Mini-meditations are a great way to give ourselves quick mental breaks throughout the day. They help us focus, calm our minds and quickly reduce stress. Best of all, they require no fancy preparation and can be done anywhere and anytime (unless... ( added 308 days 15 hours ago.)

Health Goals You Can Stick With: Include Fiber In Your Diet for Health and Wellness Most Americans don't get enough fiber in their diets. Including fiber in your diet is relatively easy and really doesn't cost extra money since we need to eat anyway! Fiber is found in all plant-based foods. Since fiber isn't digested by your body... ( added 310 days 14 hours ago.)

Health Goals You Can Stick With: Make Gratitude a Part of Your Daily Life for Health and Wellness Gratitude has been likened to a powerful spiritual vitamin. It helps keep our minds clear and our lives more satisfying. Researchers have typically found that thankful people experience better overall health and longer lives. They have higher... ( added 310 days 14 hours ago.)

New Years Resolutions: Five Big Mistakes People Make When Making a Resolution Do you make New Year's Resolutions with the best of intentions only to find that your enthusiasm fades as fast as the holiday season? Are you afraid to make another resolution for fear history will repeat itself yet again, and you'll be no further... ( added 312 days 8 hours ago.)

New Years Resolutions: 10 Easy Health Tips You Can Stick With in the New Year Do you make New Year's Resolutions with the best of intentions only to fizzle out or not even start to deliver on them? Here are ten health tips that are easy to implement and make part of your every day life. Choose one or two tips to start... ( added 312 days 8 hours ago.)

Simple Joys for the Holiday Season My wish for the holiday season is that we will be filled with joy. It seems like the holidays just add more stress instead- there's crowds, shopping, decorating, cooking... in excess! This is an invitation to step back and relax. Let the season... ( added 329 days 15 hours ago.)

Random Acts of Holiday (and Everyday) Kindness Perhaps like me, it's been a while since you've heard about random acts of kindness. The holidays are the perfect time to revive this practice. As everyone is rushing around doing all the wonderful activities that constitute this time of year... ( added 335 days 15 hours ago.)

The Face of Compassion- A Tribute to My Dog Duke So many times when we think of someone being compassionate we think of an act of one person to another. Perhaps we think of God. I want to tell you about someone else, my dog Duke. Duke knows about compassion. He was rescued by my son and carried... ( added 363 days 16 hours ago.)

Journaling: Writing a Diary of Our Lives As a child, I remember it being fashionable to have a diary, a place where we could record our dreams and fears, our observations of the world. Mine was a little white one with a key that I kept hidden safely away. Those words were for my eyes... ( added 1 year 26 days ago.)

The Quick and Easy Way to Practice Presence Ever since Eckhart Tolle and his book, The Power of Now , appeared on the Oprah Show, there's been a lot of buzz about spirituality and living in the present moment. After all, the present is the only time that truly exists. The past is gone and... ( added 1 year 40 days ago.)

Listening Through the Walls- How To Change the Scripts That Run Our Lives I really wasn't trying to listen. And what was heard through those walls shouldn't have been heard, let alone spoken. But living in a duplex didn't afford me that luxury, and the people next door obviously didn't care who heard them. Theirs... ( added 1 year 41 days ago.)

Easy Anxiety and Panic Relief Technique Do you ever get so anxious about something that it takes you over the top? You know the feeling. You get light headed, maybe start to sweat and breathe shallower and faster. Your eyes don't seem to work right. It feels like you are headed for a... ( added 1 year 45 days ago.)