The Muddy Little Lotus

By Carol Hasbrouck Sitting quietly, I am reminded That life can sometimes be quite blinded. Like a fist that is clenched so tight Afraid and bound up with all its might.   But when relaxed and released, it may find…

Allowing Your Success: LOVE is Everything

By Terez Hartmann   When you are in a state of LOVE, there is no other state of being that is clearer or more powerful in all of the known Universe. When you feel LOVE in all its fullness and…

A Tale of 3 Planets: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Part 1)

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…

Perspective: The Difference Between a Curse and a Blessing

By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. Everything in life comes down to our belief systems: how we view things, how we perceive them and then what meaning we give to them. For example, working with couples, I had a young lady…

Find Power in Silence

By Rebecca A. Watson   Silence is a source of great strength.—Lao Tzu   When I was a kid, my family would take long road trips. We were from the Midwest, so in order to get anywhere the drive was…

7 Tips for Asking for Help

By Rebecca A. Watson “Asking for help does not mean that we are weak or incompetent. It usually indicates an advanced level of honesty and intelligence.” —Anne Wilson Schaef   For the past few months I’ve been training for races…

Pressure Wash Your Mind

By Gregg Sanderson As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.—Henry David Thoreau You’ve often heard “thoughts become things” or variations on the theme.…

Clear Out the Mental Clutter

By Dolly Muzer One of the biggest obstacles to meeting goals and taking action can be working with and through resistance. Resistance can be so tricky and can show up in a multitude of forms without you even realizing it.…

Allowing Your Success: Mind Matters–Ideas for shifting and staying on a great train of thought.

By Terez Hartmann Minding the Brain “I could while away the hours, conferrin’ with the flowers, consultin’ with the rain. And my head, I’d be scratchin’ while my thoughts were busy hatchin’ if I only had a brain…”—Ray Bolger as…