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The Transformative Power of Gratitude: 6 Practices That Help Heal Anxiety and Depression
Gratitude and appreciation are two of the most powerful tools we can use to transform anxiety and depression. They ground us in the present, uplift our perspective, and activate healing from the inside out. As Dan Baker writes in What Happy People Know, “It is impossible to be in a state of appreciation and fear…
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On Being a Lover
When I think back on myself as a child, I am struck by the gentleness, openheartedness and connectedness that I possessed. I remember so many moments of feeling profound and exquisite love. As I watch the years turn in my mind, I start notice that the spontaneity of movement, the exuberant singing, the joyful embraces…
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Returning to Love: A Pathway Back to God and Self
This quiet drifting away from love, from truth, from God, happens to many of us. Whether through heartbreak, hardship, betrayal, or the gradual wear of life’s disappointments, we can find ourselves walking at a distance from the very essence that which makes us feel most alive. But, the path back is always available. It is…
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On Vulnerability and Humility
About a year after stepping more deeply into my spiritual path, a series of events shifted everything I thought I knew. They pushed me into an entirely different understanding of what it means to grow spiritually. I came to see that integrity is the most important companion on this journey—and that vulnerability is the foundation…
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Loving and Leaving Your Inner Victim
What does it mean to be empowered? One of my early teachers, Alisa Starkweather, offered a definition that has stayed with me: Empowerment means knowing that you have a choice. It’s a deceptively simple truth. But in practice, it’s revolutionary. To be at choice is to reclaim our authorship. It means that rather than reacting…
Relational Clarity
Exploring conscious adult love, emotional intimacy, and meaningful relationships that support growth, connection, and lasting fulfillment.