~May your thorns of suffering become Flowers~

from Verdi’s Simone Bocanegra

Practical, empowering tools and resources can efficiently assist in cultivating understanding & Awareness, catalyzing healing and recalibrating our relationship with the truths of Life.   Learning is in Living~!  Though many are available, these few are mentioned for their essential, functional, foundational content as basic tools for healthy inner and outer lives.

The Work by Byron Katie

Daring Greatly by Brenee Brown

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Love without Conditions by Paul Ferrini

The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz

Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Internal Family Systems Therapy by Richard Schwartz

Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody

Tips and Routines for Better Sleep

Joy is Within --- Richard Miller

Meeting Ourselves

The Parable of Christ Consciousness

Recommendations for Grounding

Faith as small as a Pinto Bean

Building Parent-Child Trust---Fantastic infographic

Recognizing Co-Dependency

Developing Boundaries video by Pia Mellody

Manipulation-resistant traits

"Dodging Energy Vampires"

I Don't Want to Talk About It by Terrence Real

Daniel Goleman on Emotions & Well-Being

6 Things about Quantum Physics

The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton

You're not Crazy

Forgiveness by Louise L. Hay

Conscious Communication

The Art of Listening

The Seed of Life

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort, what is right over what is fun, fast or easy. It's choosing to practice your values rather than simply professing them. ~Brene Brown

The Universe is the Echo of our Actions and our Thoughts.
You will always have what you desire for others.
Take care of your Thoughts because they become WORDS.
Take care of your Words, because they become ACTIONS.
Take care of your Actions because they become HABITS.
Take care of your Habits, because they will form your CHARACTER.
Take care of your Character because it will form your DESTINY.
...and your Destiny will be your LIFE.
Being Happy is not a matter of Destiny.... It is a matter of Options.
~The Dalai Lama

Beloved Child, break your Heart no longer.
Each time you judge yourself, you break your own Heart.
~Swami Kripalu

In gentle ways, allow yourself to progress slowly in the spaciousness of a kind, compassionate pace.  The 'slower' you go, the faster, more efffectively and pleasantly you'll heal and transform.  Nurture and nourish your Being with long-term Self-care (good rest and nutrition; quiet self-reflection; healthy movement; interludes with sunshine and Nature; uplifting social, cultural and educational opportunities).  Then, your Being can invest these resources into Transformation, rather than damage control of limiting habituated patterns and negative perceptions.  Impatience and strain can trigger multi-dimensional 'adhesions', deeply held tensions and mistrust & resistance to the process (as 'protective' defense mechanisms).  Lovingly regard the Body-Mind-Spirit and all emerging inventory as teammates and teachers, rather than adversaries.  This understanding will release the exquisitely powerful, effective, uplifting (and merciful) Intelligence, Wisdom and Guidance of the Infinite within.   ~Anne Marie

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.  ~Tao Te Ching

What you think about most willingly, when you have nothing else you must think about, will define the direction of your life.  No matter what is happening in the world outside of you, you have the power to choose your own thoughts.  When all is quiet, when the necessities of the day have been tended to, when your mind is free of any constraints, what kinds of things do you think about?  The thoughts you have at such times, the thoughts you choose to think, are the thoughts that will show you who you truly are.  Steer those thoughts away from anger, limitation, worry and envy.  Direct your mind toward thoughts of love, possibility, confidence, abundance and generosity. Choose to let your mind live in an empowering, life-affirming, rich, and creative place.  Choosing the life you want begins with choosing the thoughts that will direct you to it.  Those thoughts are yours to choose this and every moment. ~Ralph Marston

It’s difficult for people to get rid of junk.  They get attached to things and let them define who they are.  If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this business,
it’s that you are what you can’t let go of.
~Brian Scudamore, 1-800-got-junk

Suffering is created by resistance to pain and the way out is In. By moving through your blocks, you enter into increasingly open and decreasingly painful states of Being....and naturally move toward difficulty rather than away from it....as you come to trust your ability to work through any problem.  Life then becomes an adventure to be lived and learned from.  ~Dale Goldstein

If God said, Rumi, pay homage to what has helped you enter my arms, there would not be one experience of my Life, not one thought, not one feeling, not one act that I would not bow to.

Health Care Reform begins at Home...in each & every Heart~

Breathe deeply and notice your Thinking....are they Loving Investments in your Eternal Divinity and Consciousness? Acknowledge, without judgement... allow your emotions to inform but not counsel...

Notice how expansive and promising your relationship with the World feels when your thoughts are....notice how your Breathing responds to your thoughts, informing your Nervous System and Body to respond accordingly~

~Breathe~Love~Transform~