I admit that this subject is about an area that I struggle with all the time. I experience real pain and guilt if I believe something I did or said has upset someone else. I immediately want to make them feel better, yet if I have been honest and stayed in alignment with my core […]

In the last blog, I gave an introduction to what is known as HeartMath. You learned that we are much stronger and more capable when we can use both the heart and the brain simultaneously. Because the heart connects us to the Universe, the life source, it’s important that we connect with it regularly. Otherwise, […]

New research shows the human heart is much more than an efficient pump that sustains life. Our research suggests the heart also is an access point to a source of wisdom and intelligence that we can call upon to live our lives with more balance, greater creativity and enhanced intuitive capacities. All of these are […]

Fall or Autumn is my favorite time of year!  It feels transformative in a way that other seasons don’t. I can recall making changes in my life in the Fall almost as if I needed to harvest what I had learned before it went fallow.  This year – 2018 – the Autumn Equinox falls on […]

Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry – all forms of fear – are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence. Eckhart Tolle, “The Power of Now”   Imagine for a moment that all […]

There are two types of time – one is “practical time”. The other is “subjective time”.  Practical time is what we use when there are practical matters to deal with. Subjective time is when we dwell on something from the past or obsess on something in the future and make it part of our sense […]

Have you ever gotten down the road and realized that you hadn’t really paid attention as you drove?  Your mind was busy “thinking” about stuff. What stuff?  Was it important? Sometimes we’re not even sure what we were thinking about. Our cognitive, analytical mind was driving us while we were driving the car! We are […]

Illustration from the book, “Be Here Now” by Ram Dass   I just finished up with a series of 6 blogs on Resilience. If you haven’t seen them yet, they are still available to read and download. Go to this link on the website: https://www.authenticlifecoach.net/blogs One of the very important keys to living a life […]

Would you describe yourself as resilient?  On a scale of 1 – 10, where do you rank? Is there a test like the well-known personality tests that can measure resilience?  According to Norman Garmezy, a Developmental Psychologist, we cannot determine if someone is resilient or not unless they experience adversity. It’s only when you’re faced […]

CONSIDER THE BIG PICTURE When you look out at the ocean or up at the stars in the sky, do you feel “small”? Sometimes that kind of experience gives us a different perspective. We are part of something much larger than ourselves. We may not understand it, but we feel it and see physical evidence […]