Embracing Life’s Surprises: How to Handle Those Unexpected Curveballs
Life is full of surprises, sometimes delivering those surprises just when they’re, well, least expected . Recently, just a week before a milestone birthday, I experienced a TIA – transient ischemic attack – a mini-stroke. It was a jarring reminder that, despite my healthy lifestyle,…
Aging Gracefully: Embracing the Journey with Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-being
What Does Aging Gracefully Mean? I think aging gracefully can mean different things to different people. To me, aging gracefully isn’t about necessarily about striving to look younger but more about embracing the natural changes that come with age, while maintaining a sense of fulfillment…
Knowing there’s something more
The last couple of months I’ve been experiencing an interesting energy building inside me. I’ve shared with a few people that the image I get is of a racehorse ready to run, but stuck in the starting gate. It may have started around my birthday,…
Relax and trust the process
Earlier this month, I went back east to attend my grandson’s high school graduation. It seems amazing that the baby I held has grown up, while I don’t feel like much time has passed. How can I be 18 years older? lol! This was…
Expect Great Things…and Stay Open
I have a little sign on my wall – Expect Great Things…and Great Things Will Happen. It’s a great reminder for me to stay positive, focusing on all the good I have and would love to have in my life. In the past, I never…
Lessons from a Fender Bender
For many years I’ve been a big believer in the wisdom and messages I get from the Universe. I like to think I’m tuned in most of the time. And yet occasionally I’m reminded I’m not when I get a rather rude wake-up call! Argh….
Health & Happiness
Sending warm wishes to you and a warm welcome to our newer readers! For those of you in the northern hemisphere, it’s Spring – and for me, that’s cause for celebration! I can get all giddy over the simplest things. This year, the magpies making…
Trusting what you know
. “What a struggle it has been for us to repress our knowing for all these years…for all these centuries. Our addiction to doing too much enables us to ignore our own wisdom, so that we fit more easily into an addictive society. How often…
Cranky pants
A couple of times this week I’ve wakened cranky. Snippets of unpleasant dreams still playing in my mind. Ugh. Everything annoys me: the whining of the coffee grinder, the cat playing her game: mewing to be let in – and then walking away when I…
Hell, Hand Baskets, and Hope
Happy Spring! What a ride this last year has been! So, I’m especially grateful for this Spring, for a sense of Hope that rises up when new shoots pop up and leaves and blossoms bud on formerly bare branches! When so much seems like it’s…
