Sometimes Loving Equals Letting Go-Part II
Last time, we looked at how we may love another person best through letting that person go and giving space. People often take the space and time to heal and grow. If you let the person go, he or she may return to your life, but the only way to know is if you release them from your life your mind and your heart. This time, I want ...Read More
Practice Unconditional Love
We all hear about unconditional love, and I think most of us believe we are practicing it daily. Then, there are others of us who choose to keep score and have an eye for an eye mentality. I heard a lesson recently on unconditional love and what that really means. It seems to me that we refer to it as a status to achieve. After hearing the lesson, ...Read More
What’s the Difference Between Self-Love and Vanity?
For the majority of my life, I believed that loving yourself meant you were vain. I thought it meant you didn't care about other people, were self-centered and stuck up. As a result, I went around being a push over, suffering and sacrificing myself at any opportunity because I thought that equaled being a good person. In the end, nothing was left but a spent person who didn't ...Read More
Are You Being Selfish in Your Relationships?
There are two people in your relationships, and this dynamic requires balance. There's a certain amount of giving and receiving for both parties, but what happens when this gets out of balance? Resentment can infiltrate your relationship and cause damage. For this reason, it's important to be aware of yourself and the dynamic of your relationship. Many people feel they only give in their relationships, but they often ...Read More
Are you Limiting Yourself?
You have a lot of potential. You know it and I know it. Sometimes you don't let yourself believe that you know it. We have big dreams and goals, and we talk ourselves down off that dream because those dreams are realized for other people, not for us. But, that's not true is it? You know it and I do, too? Although we know we have the potential ...Read More
Radiate Love
Love is the force that drives the universe, yet so often we have a hard time feeling and experiencing love. We meet people all the time who are in severe need of love. In fact, you've been or are that person right now. I know I have been. When I was sick and in need of love, I'm convinced the love of people around me were the driving ...Read More
Your Feelings Are Your Guide
Do you have feelings of joy and bliss, impatience and crankiness, stress and peace? I know I do. Life feels easy and good when I'm enjoying blissful and joyful feelings and emotions, but I feel taxed and stressed when my emotions are negative or conflicted. I notice that I become indecisive about what decisions to make. I've spent many years forcing myself to make decisions that my head ...Read More
Why You Need to Give Time to Yourself
Are you crazy busy? Is every moment of your day filled to the max? Do you have any margin of spare time? Do you spend time with yourself, reading, journaling, exercising, or meditating, or is your day completely filled with friends, work, hobbies, and entertainment? Making yourself a priority is something we all know we should do, but rarely make a reality. (more…)
Respect Yourself!
My mentor, Rhonda Shasteen, taught me early on to be true to myself. I've probably spent every day since then trying to discover my true self. I think you continue to discover it a little bit every day for your entire life. I've learned it doesn't mean be selfish. It means listening to the inner voice guiding you and honoring that voice. Listening to your inner voice is ...Read More
Why Is Yoga More Than Exercise?
I started practicing yoga in 2006 because I liked to stretch. I did gymnastics as a child and I had a strong internal nudge to try yoga. I knew I would like it, but I didn't know anything about yoga. So, I started looking and trying different classes. I tried, Vinyasa Flow, Birkram, Jivamukti, Power yoga, and before I knew it, I was hooked on Ashtanga yoga. Yoga ...Read More