Embracing Adversity

Most of us have something with which we are struggling or we would like to be different.  In a word, adversity arises, and we have to decide what to do.  One’s attitude toward adversity can make all the difference in the world. To address what to do with adversity, it...

Life’s Been Good to Me

Life’s been good to me.  It hasn’t given me what I wanted, but it has been good to me.  I think of this when I start believing that I should have things that I don’t. How about you? Most of us are pretty good at knowing what we don’t have and think we want in life. ...

I Can’t Do It All

“I can’t do it all!”  Have you ever said this to yourself?  “Overwhelm” seems common these days.  So I want to discuss the idea that “I can’t do it all,” and the disempowerment that goes with it. There are so many demands on us—work, children, keeping up...

How Are You at Releasing Potential Good?

This month my topic is about letting go of old intentions to do something that no longer serves us. You will learn that it is okay to let go of potential good in our lives for other potential good to come in. There seem to be two types of people. There are those who...

Are You Successful?

Are you successful?  In Western culture, people certainly center on this question.  Indeed, around the world a focus on success has risen to new heights. Whether you define it as financial success, relationship success, success at power and influence, the success of...

It’s Not True That Fear Is

“It’s not true that fear is.”  This is a saying that I invented over 10 years ago to remind myself that I fabricate my fear.  Fear ultimately is an apparition, something groundless, something that does not exist beyond what my mind creates. Fear seems to be all around...