I had an amazing experience just 9 months after my husband died. While on my knees praying desperately for help from my Father in Heaven, I heard the words STAND UP AND LIVE. I felt He also said to stand up, wipe the dirt off your knees (literally I did), breathe in deep and LIVE. […]
I have been studying the brain. It’s so amazing and scientists are proving more things every day! What is the subconscious mind? It’s something we have heard a lot about lately. In order to gain some degree of control over your subconscious mind you first need to understand how it operates. One of the […]
For my birthday this year I made a few new goals. One is a physical goal- work out at least 30 minutes per day. Another is to lift someone each day (haha -not physically but emotionally). I have found the best kept secret to be happy today is to make someone else smile. I promise […]
You have probably heard of the poem describing a person’s life, “Footprints in the sand”. In a dream a man sees scenes from his life and saw two sets of footprints in the sand. One belonged to the person, one to the Lord. He noticed that many times along the path of life, there was […]
Life is a balancing act, isn’t it? How do you balance everything- families, hobbies, health, spirituality, work? Yoga taught me balance. I learned it changes every day. Most days are not balanced for me- I have to look at my life from a bird’s eye point of view to see if there is some kind […]
Like the message says- it takes a tribe to raise someone, I believe it because I have seen it in my very own life. I have learned that when I need something I cannot do it alone and I need my team. I was telling my daughter that I feel like I have a team […]
Happy New Year! Try something you’ve never done before- something fun, new and exciting! When my husband passed away I decided this life is to LIVE. Seeing death so up close and personal made me look at life from a completely different perspective. Seriously, we never know how much longer we will be here, so […]
Another thing my mom said to me All. The. Time! When I was little… Scatter sunshine everywhere you go. What a difference the world would be if everyone thought this, then did it. What a happy place it would be. What are some good ways to scatter sunshine? smile when driving let people in your […]
Growing up my mom taught me to look for the good and be grateful. This is one thing I’m so thankful for! In the past year or so I have been listening to self-help books and realizing how being grateful can change your life in a big way. There is a deep psychology behind this. […]
Rolling of my eyes is what I used to give to my mom when she would give me advice when I was sad. But now I believe it’s the best advice I’ve ever received. I learned to live it. Probably not because I wanted to, but she would be alongside me while I did […]
Having gratitude is something we hear all the time. It gets so redundant, that sometimes it’s hard to believe it has any power. But there is actual science behind being grateful. The biggest thing I have learned is that a person cannot be grateful and have fear at the same time. Your brain can’t feel […]
Writing is so interesting. I have to be in the right space – physically, spiritually, and emotionally. The energy surrounding me is so important. Noise throws me off. People distract me– I can hear the girls laughing their heads off right now- which isn’t a bad thing- it makes me smile while taking me out […]
When I was a little girl our neighbors adopted a baby from Korea. She was the most darling thing I had ever seen. It was then that my eyes were opened to the idea of adoption. Later, when I was 16, I went on a tour of the Orient. I loved it and the experience […]
Gosh if only I would have known this before… isn’t that something we all think? Life is all about experience and learning. Sometimes we have to learn it for ourselves, but wouldn’t it be great to learn some important stuff from someone else? I was thinking if I could tell my younger self some advice, […]
Today is the Winter Solstice- the day with the least amount of sunlight in the entire year! As I was doing my yoga sun salutations this morning I thought about this and realized the winter solstice has deep meaning to me. Scientifically, we recognize this as the day that the sun is at the most […]
