From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a container already built for us to fit inside: A social security number, a gender, a race, a profession or an I.Q. I ponder if we are more defined by the container we are in, rather than what we are inside. Would...

The #1 question I’ve been getting recently is how to stay peaceful and calm when everything around you is in utter chaos, disruption and turmoil. As one of my course students in America aptly puts it: Everyone’s hating on everyone for everything. No one’s truly...

“I’m just SO tired of having to overcome one challenge after another! When can I finally rest and enjoy life?” My client, let’s call her Katie (not her real name), is a true blue survivor. From an abusive father to a string of narcissistic boyfriends to a long battle...

I tried a new hair salon Saturday and the chatty stylist, within the first five minutes of meeting me, told me she used her COVID stimulus money last year to get a divorce. “I made that bastard pay for everything he’s done to me,” she said with a look of vengeful...

I used to believe positive thinking was the key to happiness and fulfillment. I even wrote an article in Positive Thinking magazine titled “Act Positive, Become Positive!”I’ve grown a lot since the article was published in 2005. I’m no longer an advocate of thinking...

Dear Overwhelmed, Sensitive Soul, Is the world too much for you these days? Feel the suffering of our collective humanity deep in your being? Your own family and loved ones getting on your nerves? There’s no escape, is there? I know. I hear you. I feel you. I sense...

In the midst of a global pandemic, political, public and planetary disruption, my family and I managed to find a pocket of profound peace, love and joy this week when we met our sister we never knew we had. A recent DNA test revealed a sister of 47 years abandoned in...

In a previous relationship nearly a decade ago, my then-boyfriend had fallen in love with a younger woman after 5 years of us being together. We had created a home, business and what I thought was a good life together. While we figured out our next steps and sorted...

Lately, there’s been a lot of buzz about the misuse and inappropriate interchange of the terms “empath” and “highly sensitive person”. Among countless reasons, one issue seems to be that some empaths are annoyed with highly sensitive people for clumping themselves to...