Death gifts us with these reminders: Appreciate freely. Love fiercely. Eat life in big bites. Don’t wait until the last, good day to embrace your beautiful, fleeting life.

Embracing our wilder, fiercer natures might be messy and feel a bit scary, but it also makes for a richer, sexier, fuller life.

Envy is a miserable emotion. It sucks us out of our lives depositing us in a bleak terrain where we are so focused on what we don’t have that we forget about all that we do.

A little education about the heart and the origins of Valentine’s Day: an alternative, if you will, to the commercial sentimentality foisted upon us by Madison Avenue.

Our lives are so much more than what we can see when the sun is shining. The dark times open us to a greater revelation. The darkness opens a dialogue with soul.

It is far too easy to become wrapped up in what is “wrong” in our lives, far too easy to slip into self-pity and to forget that this moment is but a point on an infinite trajectory.

The real suffering of life—the unavoidable agonies—are not problems to be solved but experiences to be faced and felt.

The eight, best pieces of advice—ever.

You’ve heard someone say it. Heck, maybe you say it. “I’m spiritual but not religious.” But what the heck does that really mean?

The opportunity to come into our fullness is the sacred gift contained in midlife. Who are you? Why are you here? What needs to be done? And what will remain when your castle returns to the sea?

You don’t have to be introspective or make any changes in order to feel better; there is an alternative. In my twenty-some years of practice and study, I have learned some valuable techniques for handling difficulties without delving into the depths.

Saying yes might be exhausting sometimes, and it will certainly take you out of your comfort zone, but it will absolutely make your world much bigger

Simply allowing yourself to sit quietly in the in-between times allows you to make meaning of what has passed, and to prepare for what is coming.

It’s not easy being spiritual …

We dream our world into being with every thought, every wish, every desire — and every fear. This is because where attention goes, energy flows,

Connecting with our soul animates us. Awakening to our soul’s desire we come into our perfection, our truth, our reason for being.

A few thoughts about finding your true purpose.

It’s terrifying to lose what you valued, disorienting not to know who or where you are, frightening to face into the darkness, but it’s also freeing.

Life is an energy exchange of giving and receiving. When we fail to offer sincere gratitude, we become disconnected and isolated. We lose our sense of place and connection.

Each of us has a unique and vital role to play in this life, but it’s imperative that we understand that we are all part of a much larger team.