It’s easy to become wrapped up in what is wrong and difficult in our lives, but when we shift our perspective, life gets better.

One of the most difficult challenges we have as humans is facing what is, especially when life presents you with things you didn’t order and don’t want: like everything in 2020.

Loss and grief come in many forms, all of them real, all of them wrenching. My book, Grief Girl’s Guide, is here to help you with your grief.

There is a mantra I love that can help enormously with this process we call Life, a mantra that really should be a Core Principle for Living. Here it is.

By becoming present and receptive to the subtle and small, life becomes a backroad exploration with multiple stops to take in the sights.

Division, anger, violence … our political landscape is truly disturbing. Here are some gentle reminders of how to avoid the “us and them” trap.

This horrid little virus has spurred limitations the likes of which most of us have never seen. But there is an upside to limitation … Read on.

We get to choose our attitude and approach to life, even in the storm. That choice is very simple: Do I choose fear, or do I choose love?

Chinese medicine calls viruses “Pernicious Evil Influences.” But while viruses are nasty, the anxiety they generate is worse.

A simple practice to create greater happiness …

On this Valentine's Day, I thought a little education on the heart and on the origin of the holiday might be of interest. An alternative, if you will, to the sentimentality imposed by Hallmark.

“If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while … and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.” 

If you’re not inherently sync with the Christmas crush, you might actually be exactly where your soul needs to be.

For those of you who might be dreading another family gathering, here are three mantras to help you keep your balance through the holidays.

Grief and gratitude go hand in hand. Knowing sorrow aligns your heart with gratitude.

When we stop, the rest of Life that we normally rush through comes into focus. We notice things we overlook, things we don’t stop to appreciate — until we slow down. 

When you are anxious, scared, or confused, it is a sign that you need to shift out of your ego and into your soul. That’s where the power of Now comes in.

Before we zoom over Thanksgiving on our way to Christmas/New Years/Spring Break/Next Summer, I would like to pause to consider the most basic and greatest of gratitudes: the privilege of being here at all.

There's a country song with the catchy little phrase: "When was the last time you did something for the first time?" Those words have (annoyingly) stuck with me because, well, I haven't done very much at all for the first time in a long time. This is not good.

The same fire that destroys life and darkens the landscape is also what stimulates the opening and growth of new life.