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What Are You Afraid Of?

Fear is a Fantasy Expectation Appearing Real.  Fear can get triggered in many ways. Some people are afraid of dogs or snakes or spiders, for example. Others fear experiencing such emotional states as humiliation, rejection, shame,…

What Gives Your Life Meaning?

What sustains you? What puts a smile on your face and lights up your heart? What keeps the embers of your soul on fire? What really matters deeply to you? It is so easy to get caught up in the ongoing activities and demands of…
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Celebrating Oneness in Diversity

Do you and your partner frequently battle over who is "right" and who is "wrong?" If so, battles will be won, but a war will rage on. Right/wrong thinking makes a relationship an ongoing power struggle. It is the territory of two ego personalities…

6 Ways to Say ‘Yes’ to Your Life

"If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?" --Hillel Learn to embrace the fullness of life. This calls us to bear personal responsibility and accountability for…
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When Loved Ones Aren’t Very Loving

Do you dread gathering with your family and friends for holidays, weddings, funerals and other events? Or have you been blessed with a truly loving and nurturing family? Dysfunctional childhood and family dynamics have a way resurfacing and…

How Well Do You Face the Trials and Tribulations of Your Life?

It really is what's inside that counts. It isn't so much what happens to you that determines the quality of your life. Rather, it is how well you deal with what happens. The quality of our inner experience matters far more than how we measure…
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Is Your God Too Small?

Do you experience God? Or, is God a concept to you? Or, perhaps God is not something that matters to you.  Some people worship very small gods like the god of opinion or the god of money, power, status, and success. Some relate to…

Are You Good Enough?

The short answer is “Yes!” But the real problem is the question itself. When we worry about whether we are good enough we are buckling ourselves at the knees over a perceived flaw rather than standing tall in the fullness of our being.  This…

Do You Play the Victim in Your Life?

Do you live at the cause or at the effect of your own life? Do you think what you experience is a response to other people and external events? Or do you see how you create, promote, and allow what happens to you? When we play the victim,…

5 Keys to Living from the Inside Out

Are you living at the cause or the effect of what is happening in your life? Are you living from the outside in or the inside out? Is your life a series of reactions to external events and the beliefs and behaviors of others? Or, do you live…

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