By LJ Vanier Are You Worthy? Why is it that most of us spend our entire lives trying to experience our worth, keep it and prove it to others? Could it be that our concept and experience of worthiness has gotten lost in the preconception and “misbelievings” that we are not good enough unless we […]
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9 Powerful Life Lessons From Studying With A Monk
By Kitty Norris on August 23, 2015 in Compassion, Gratitude, Meditation, Mental and Emotional Health, Mindfulness, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Stress management
by Robert Piper, When I was 18 years old, I suffered from anxiety and stomach problems. A compassionate physician and practicing Buddhist referred me to a Taoist monk who specialized in meditation and martial arts. I ended up healing myself of anxiety and stomach issues by doing meditation, and went on a great journey of self-discovery. Here […]
Elder’s Meditation of the Day – July 21
By Kitty Norris on July 22, 2015 in Beginners’ Mind!, Challenges!, Compassion, From my own teachers, Gratitude, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Relationships
“You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts.” — Cochise “Like Ironweed” CHIRICAHUA APACHE Come into my heart this morning. Allow me this day to live in the now. Help me to see all the beauty You have created in all things. Let me know myself. Today, as […]
17 Ways To Conquer Soul-Crushing Negativity
By Kitty Norris on July 4, 2015 in Beginners’ Mind!, Boundary Work!, Brain Science, Career, Challenges!, Compassion, Consciousness, Depression, Dreams & Dreaming, Embracing Change, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Mindfulness, Quantum “Fun and Games”, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Stress management, The Drama Triangle
by Scott Sind When we are aware of our weaknesses or negative tendencies, we open the opportunity to work on them. Ever had one of those moments when all you wanted to do was crawl back in bed, put a pillow over your head and shut out the world for a few hours? For a […]
10 Lies Everyone Accepts As Truth
By Kitty Norris on June 27, 2015 in ” Time “, Addictions, Aging Beautifully!, Andean Cosmovision, Beginners’ Mind!, Boundary Work!, Brain Science, Challenges!, Compassion, Complementary opposites, Consciousness, Depression, Embracing Change, Empathy, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, Gratitude, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Stress management, The Drama Triangle, Wellness and Prevention
By Jesse Herman We go through life with belief systems. Some of these beliefs deal with external forces, such as government and corporations. Other belief systems are internal, propelling ourselves one direction or another. Right now I want you to take the opportunity to see if some of these truths listed below are […]
Critical Habits of Mentally Tough People
By Kitty Norris on June 11, 2015 in Boundary Work!, Career, Challenges!, Compassion, Empowerment, From my own teachers, Gratitude, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Stress management
We all reach critical points in our lives where our mental toughness is tested. It might be a toxic friend or colleague, a dead-end job, or a struggling relationship. Whatever the challenge, you have to be strong, see things through a new lens, and take decisive action if you want to move through it […]
why we walk the path of the wounded healer . . .
By Kitty Norris on February 1, 2015 in Addictions, Compassion, Depression, Embracing Change, Empowerment, Gratitude, Mental and Emotional Health, Relationships
“The healing of our present woundedness may lie in recognizing and reclaiming the capacity we have to heal each other, the enormous power in the simplest of human relationships: the strength of a touch, the blessing of forgiveness, the grace of someone else taking you just as you are and finding in you an […]