Elizabeth

  “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein   In times of change, challenge, and disillusionment, you might be feeling like you want to stand up, speak up, and protest. If you are a helping professional that urge might be so strong and very deeply […]

It’s been about 20 years since I began consciously creating my spiritual practice. I think I believed in the beginning that it would be the path to bliss for me and in many ways it has been ~ although there have also been a few detours down some shady back alleys. I was raised in

As spring settles in my whole being is starting to feel more alive. I can feel myself coming out of hibernation on every level. I am waking up and naturally starting to feel like something new and fresh is right around the corner. It started a few weeks ago when I began to feel this

My career has always been of deep importance to me. Even when I couldn’t articulate it, on some level, I’ve always known that it was a part of my soul’s journey to engage in work that felt meaningful to me. It had to matter, by my standards. I knew early on in life what I

A few years back, I was travelling across one end of Canada to the other via the US. A detour on our road trip led us to a spontaneous few days in San Francisco. We stayed in a great place – The Hotel California – nestled right in the middle of the high end “richness”

To engage in service to humanity is a deeply personal and intimate act. Not only are you often involved with people during potentially challenging times in their lives ~ likely laden with emotional energy, you are also required to show up fully present and in your authenticity. Well, it is required if you wish to

Take a moment to see if you can tune into the energy of excitement. Where do you feel it? What is the intensity like? How would you describe the experience? Now tune in to the energy of anxiety? Ask yourself the same questions as above. Do you notice any similarities? I find that there is

Did you ever hear the story about the gods that were sitting around talking about where to hide the secret to life? The first god said, “I know, let’s bury it high on top of the greatest mountain.” Another replied, “No, people are always finding ways to summit the highest mountain; they will climb it

Have you caught yourself thinking about how it’s going to be when you get “there” ~ wherever or whatever “there” might be for you? I can so relate to this kind of forward thinking in my personal life as well as professionally. I have imagined how great it will feel when I accomplish a

Oh boy ~ how do we do that? How do we learn to embrace what we naturally resist? One thing I know for sure, it is not a process that will occur through thinking.   Struggle is Personally Defined To struggle is such a personal and subjective experience. What is a struggle for me may