“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…
“I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, and torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.” ~Nietzsche Life is pain. Whether it’s the simple pain of failure, or the complex pain of death-anxiety. Whether it’s the simple pain of hunger, or the complex pain of wrestling with your…
We’ve all been there – making resolutions about changes we want to make in our life or goals we want to achieve: to lose weight, to be more mindful, to write more, to finally pursue that dream we’ve been sitting on for the past five years. Usually, we start out strong for the first few…
High blood sugar occurs when your body can’t effectively transport sugar from blood into cells. When left unchecked, this can lead to diabetes. One study from 2012 reported that 12–14% of US adults had type 2 diabetes, while 37–38% were classified as pre-diabetic. This means that 50% of all US adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes.…
I spent most of my teenage years trying to be somebody else. There were always girls that were just a bit smarter, certainly a lot better looking, and somehow able to capture lots of attention with their wit and charm. Me? I was the “plain Jane” – a few pimples here and there, acceptable clothing,…
Thich Naht Hanh, the Zen Buddhist master, has some interesting advice about what it means to truly let go. Many people mistake detachment or non-clinging to be a form of aloofness, or emotional disconnect from others, but as Hanh explains, truly letting go often means loving someone more than you have ever loved them before.…