Who doesn’t want to be happy or happier?  Even the US Declaration of Independence offers the pursuit of happiness as an unalienable right.  Evidence shows that happy people are more productive, more likable, more active, more healthy, more friendly, more helpful, more...

For most of us, our days are filled with hectic schedules and to-do lists a mile long.  We live in a day and age where we are focused outside ourselves with communication and social media 24 hours per day.  Our day often starts with looking at our phones, dealing with...

One of my favorite spiritual teachers is Lisa Natoli with A Course In Miracles (ACIM).  She often suggests we ask ourselves the question, "Where are you located?".  To answer this question we need to look inside to notice where our minds are and reminds us that we...

Worry.  Don't we all?   We worry about our jobs. We worry about our kids, our relationships. Worry about our finances.  Worry about our health and the wellbeing of others. We worry about what politicians are doing. What corporations are doing.  Heck we can find pretty...

When we choose to take on being a pet owner we take on more than just taking care of them.  The pet becomes a very intimate part of our lives, our family and our hearts.  They become like another family member and often our best friends.  The loss of a family pet can...

I love yoga.  And I'm someone who likes to get to Yoga class early so I can pick my favorite spot.  A while ago I started to notice that I was feeling stressed in my yoga class.  I'm not talking about the difficulty of the poses or pace of the class.  The problems it...

"Violence has been in decline for thousands of years and we are living in possibly the most peaceable era in the existence of our species", states Professor Steven Pinker in his book The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Wait.  What? Is he...

It's easy to see how the good things in life; such as a new job, good relationships, good health, and good living conditions could be beneficial and for our good.  The positive events in our lives enliven us, raise our vibrations and help to make us feel good about...

Quantum physics is very clear; everything in the universe is energy and resonating with it's own vibrational frequency.   As strange as it may seem even we humans are energetic, vibrational beings.  So much goes on that we can't see with our physical eyes.  According...

For those of us "dog" people, walking our dogs is just something we have to do on a daily basis.  Although it can sometimes be difficult to find the motivation to get outdoors to walk "the pooch", once outside in nature and hopefully sunshine, you wonder why you ever...