By Linda Albert When I was seven years old, my mother took me out of ballet, telling me I was the clumsiest girl in the class. I loved ballet, had learned all the positions for my feet (flawlessly, from my…
Allowing Your Success with the Fire of Authenticity
By Terez Hartmann Contrast as the Catalyst It was summer 2015, and all was quiet on the Western Front, but in my case, far too quiet… Anyone who has ever met me knows that this Firewoman really loves being out…
Ignite Your Path
By Natalie Rivera The Ride of Your Life You’re going on a road trip at night, and the headlights only show 200 feet ahead. As you go toward your destination, you don’t have to see the whole way. In fact,…
The Magic Sign
By Gregg Sanderson I know sometimes in our experience, the messages aren’t immediately clear, but 35 years? One summer in 19 Seventy-Something, Marla and I hitchhiked from Las Cruces, New Mexico, to Telluride, Colorado. Usually we’d make a sign to…
Life Treats You the Way You Treat You
By Jonathan R. Wachtel Your relationship with everyone and everything around you is a reflection of your relationship with yourself. Everything that you think and feel toward anyone else—whether you say it or act on it or not—is a reflection…
Embracing Change
By Sarah Sparks Sometimes we think we know best. Sometimes we exist in this world pretending to be someone we are not. Sometimes what we think we know is holding us back from becoming who we were meant to…
When You Talk to Yourself, Who Answers?
By Noelle Sterne When you talk to yourself, what do you hear? Who’s really talking? Inside our heads, we’re always talking to ourselves. We hear many voices, and most of the time they’re far from friendly: “Hey, stupid, use the…
Are You Getting What You’re Asking For?
By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. Have you ever heard the phrase, “life will give you what you ask of it?” This is a phrase that I have heard off and on, but for a long time I never paid any…
Business As Transformation: From Being an Employee to Becoming an Entrepreneur
By Linda Stewart If you’re one of the many people who dream of leaving your day job, quitting the rat race, and fulfilling your desire of being an entrepreneur this chapter is especially written for you. Increasing numbers of successful…
Write Your Own Spiritual Script
By Lisa Cedrone There are as many different ways to experience and define the world around us—our reality—as there are people on planet Earth. That’s a lot of viewpoints! Is one more correct than another, more accurate, more ethical?…