By Natalie Rivera Our past experiences—from birth through yesterday—exist on another planet. Let’s call it Yesterday. Today, and every day, we begin life on a totally new planet called Today. The only aspects of Yesterday that exist on Today are…
The NEW Game: How to Get What You Want (as explained to an 8th grader)
By Natalie Rivera We’ve all been told a lie: that there’s a game we must play in life with rules that we must follow to make other people happy. If we play this game, we will win and get what…
Mental Digestion: Your Second Brain and Stress
By Natalie Rivera When experiencing a digestion problem, we often think of food as the culprit. While the quality of our food definitely is a factor in this equation, we usually overlook the true villain—STRESS. Go to a doctor for…
Be Gentle With Yourself: Lessons from a Soft Shell Crab
By Natalie Rivera Sometimes insight comes from the strangest places. I was sitting on the dock in the back of my house watching the light reflect on the water and listening to the egrets calling in the mangroves. I was…
What Would it Take?
By Natalie Rivera What would it take to live a vibrant, thriving, healthy life? What would it take for you to feel confident you’re on the right path? What would it take for you to respect and honor the person…
The Art of Practicing Self Love While Loving Others
By Natalie Rivera In the event there is a drop in cabin air pressure, put the oxygen mask on yourself first… The Mask While there is great wisdom in the above statement, we rarely follow it, regardless of whom we…
WEEDS: Tending the Garden of Life
By Natalie Rivera We are all gardeners; each cultivating our harvests and reaping the rewards, or punishments, of our labor. Some create lives filled with luscious foliage, while others grow carefully groomed beds. Some sculpt manicured hedges and others range…
Life as a Religious Mutt
By Natalie Amsden Rivera While growing up, my holiday home had halls decked with holly, a menorah in the window, and a “Chanamus” tree. I come from a multiracial, religiously diverse family. My mom’s family is Jewish and my dad’s…
The Ripple Effect of Transformation
By Natalie Amsden Rivera Nothing stands still in life. Change is constant, inevitable. As you read these words, you are moving, growing, changing. Even knowing this, we often live in resistance to change, and therefore to life itself. We cling…
Creating the Life of Your Dreams: The “Now” vs. the Law of Attraction
By Natalie Rivera The teachings of “living in the Now” and the “Law of Attraction” are two sides of the same coin; the lesson is one of releasing resistance. Eckhart Tolle, one of my favorite teachers, tells us that freedom…