I've experienced food bullying since childhood. As I hear people facing illnesses & disorders, I wonder what unresolved emotions are at play

Our egos are built with thick walls fortified by our childhood experiences, our need to fit in, our want for success, our inner judge

On an overcast day, I gathered my shame and unworthiness and went for a ride. To settle the matter of their presence in my life.

Have you ever felt like there are different parts of you that are sometimes at odds with each other? It's normal. But how to be happy?

From an eagle’s view, we humans weathered a tsunami breaking us open. Some of us picked up the pieces, others blamed. It's a choice.

It’s my job to stay open minded, and believe in the process of releasing. As soon as I start blaming or denying, the process stalls.

As a member of Spiritual Directors’ International, I participated in a Native American Spirituality workshop. The messages were profound.

I'm comfortable living with my core beliefs and behaviors until they don’t work any longer. I bumped up against my awareness this weekend.

I was raised understanding my job was to be nice above all else. That translated into forgetting about me. And to fibromyalgia.

We live our lives doing the best we can, seeking love and acceptance, finding guidance and direction. Fear divides us.

It’s so easy to believe what we see, feel or were taught when there is so much more. Sometimes it takes someone else holding a light for us.

Using introspection, we can maintain an interior monologue of an "I" talking with "me". We can say "I drive myself crazy." But who's me & I?

Yesterday, I walked right up to the edge of a bus I was ready to throw myself under, metaphorically speaking. It was a pattern I recognized.

Surrendering to pain sounded like defeat to me and I wasn’t going to be defeated. I wasn't interested in befriending pain. It was my enemy.

Life gets really crusty when my fear turns into a wall and I go around in circles. I’ve witnessed before and remedy it by taking action.

I want my mind to stop for a while and take a rest. Some days I can ignore and other days I am front row center listening to every thought.

Angels come in our lives in unexpected ways. Tragedies always have silver linings.

Without awareness, I have lived my life believing I’ve done something wrong. I am changing that. With awareness, I help those I love.

My illusions are transmuting into inner truths as I walk my journey and listen to my heart. Change is happening at a much faster rate.

In the past, so much of my inside voice was negative, warning and scared. I never had anything positive to say.