There have been many things that I’ve chased in my life: certifications, promotions, friendships, health, security, clarity, confidence…the list goes on. It’s only recently, however, that I discovered that the only thing that I really needed to chase was joy. We live in a society that tends to value achievement over fulfillment and busyness over…
Jeffery E. Young and Janet S. Klosko researched and developed the following schemes they called “lifetraps” or negative behavior patterns. Although awareness is the first step in understanding our behavior, the solutions in this book ran along traditional lines of psychotherapy and only recommended potential solutions. So this book is about recognizing the traps that may…
“We forget that, historically, people have eaten for a great many reasons other than biological necessity. Food is also about pleasure, about community, about family and spirituality, about our relationship to the natural world, and about expressing our identity.” – Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. When people turn to healthy eating, they…
Throughout the ages, mankind has tuned music to a variety of frequencies, getting extra doses of tuning notes that massaged the sacral, solar plexus and heart chakras. Each tuning note helped mankind evolve. Of all of the chakras, the heart is the most powerful. Over eons, the other chakras were “shut down” to a greater…
What’s your happiest memory? When I was in my mid-twenties I suddenly became ridiculously happy. Everything seemed brighter and better than it had ever been before. I delighted in the birds singing, the flowers growing, the blue skyshar, and the joy of being alive. I went on an amazing, natural high. Nothing bothered me. The…
“Simplicity is the essence of happiness.” – Cedric Bledsoe A few months ago, a former co-worker sent me a message via Linkedin. When I read her message, my initial reaction was confusion. Here’s what she wrote: “I envy your courage. You are living as we all should. I enjoyed reading your biography and feel blessed…
Tree-of-Life Representation The secrets of the sacred Tree-of-Life in the Kabbalah tradition originate from deep within the Ancient Egyptian Temple Traditions. Both traditions regard each circle in the Tree-of-Life Blueprint (see the above figure), called a Sephiroth, as a portal of higher dimensional energy. There are ten portals in the Tree-of-Life diagram. Legends…
Early on in grade school, I was identified with several developmental delays, some were calling them learning disabilities because I had significant problems with reading, writing and mathematical processing – I also had a problem with my speech and I was pulled out of class on a regular basis for therapy. The only thing that…
I live with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Which means that anxiety presents itself to me every day, throughout the day. As much progress as I have made in therapy, I still find myself getting sucked into what I like to call “the anxiety vortex.” Part of my recovery has involved recognizing when I start to…
Happily Ever After… Think about your favorite bedtime story. You know the one…. the one that ends with happily ever after…Now think to what is the last thought that runs through your head before you go to sleep as an adult. Is it thoughts of rainbows, fairies, magic, miracles, love and happy endings? I didn’t…