“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.” – Leonardo da Vinci    “There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead, mostly dead is slightly alive.”                                     …

“All you need is love.” – The Beatles I’ve heard this so so many times, never quite got it until now that a major piece of the message “All you need is love” is also that of self-love and appreciation. No I’m not talking about the ‘look at me’ love, I’m talking about the ‘sweet…

We are born, we cry, we are soothed. In the moment we’re born we’re marked with a date and a time of arrival into the world of human terms, aka the ‘world without’.  Is there a point when we really just begin in the ‘world without’? Is there a line or is it a blurred…

“Know why you hate me so much Jeffrey? Because I look the way you feel.”…this is what Joe Pesci’s character, Simon Wilder (a homeless man taken in by Harvard college students), said in the movie With Honors, a 1994 comedy-drama. What, why and how does this relate to the process of un-becoming who we are…

“Keep smiling, keep shining. Knowing you can always count on me, for sure. That’s what friends are for. For good times and bad times, I’ll be on your side forever more. That’s what friends are for. “- Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager When trauma strikes we can go numb….and it can take years sometimes…

“Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.” – Rabindranath Tagore “If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.” – C.S. Lewis “God is love, and he who lives in love, lives…

The heart. Our central point of all that is meaningful and desired. The place we can run to or away from, the place we reveal or mask…our true self. When we were children in our bliss we cared not for opinions of others, we easily knew how to just BE. At what point did that…

“Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.” – Mahatma Gandhi What’s on the other side of the mask? What’s the mask? The mask is the story we tell the world about who we are. It takes shape in attitude, our words, beliefs, what we wear, what we ‘are’ to others….it’s the intention of the…

Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off. To be or not to be…isn’t that the question? Skills. The weekly/daily affirmations, service cards, 7 day mental diet, sits, idealization, visualizations, note cards, shapes, mastermind group…and the list goes on. We’re learning it’s not just the routine of these exercises that holds space for us in…

When the fear of remaining the same becomes greater than the fear of change, everything changes.  Let’s face it, literally, as we face ourselves and look in the mirror and see ourselves changing there is an emotional charge of sadness, fear, excitement and wonder.  We gracefully say hello to the new whilst mourning the loss…