Imagine a world in which you really belong, a world where love and acceptance is your every day life.  Visualize beauty that surrounds you, and that is inside of you.  See yourself walking tall and graceful, at home within.  Breathe in the peace that you are. If you remember that you are the playwright and the lead you will be victim no more. Write yourself into your own life. Imagine.

Do you have objects that you bring out only at Christmas?  Do they hold bittersweet memories for you?  Are there people that you cherished Christmas with in the past that are now out of your life? Here are some strategies for thriving (not just surviving): Take care of yourself!  Keep you as your number one priority.  Keep up (or add in) your exercise or stretching routine. Eat well - even better than usual!  Yes, give yourself permission to make an...

High achievers: Listen up.  If you feel you can do it all, or you have to do it all, it will eventually catch up with you.  It is insidious in that it slowly reveals itself and you may hardly be aware of what is happening.  By the time it hits fully, you may not understand that this is your body's response to years of bruising and unrelenting overwork. Some telltale signs that you are using up your reserves are: Total...

First, we need to identify who is draining us.  It isn't always easy since energy suckers don't always have fangs.  You may "like" being around someone because you are basking in their charismatic "glory", but note carefully how you feel after spending time with that person.  Narcissists love to use others to supply them with energy to fuel their "show."  Drama surrounds them.  Your own denial allows them to work on you, use your energy as their own, leaving you...

    I am me.  I am important.  My feelings and needs matter.  I am the author of my life.  Peace comes from within me.  I choose the conditions of my life.  I choose the people in my life. I can say yes.  I can say no.  I choose to see the truth.  I am loving, patient and caring.  I have an open heart.  I accept love. I choose life not fear.  I choose love and loyalty. I require love,...

I just had a lovely Reiki experience with Cynthia and friends. She was hosting a Reiki Share and the room was filled with 3 Reiki practitioners and one in training. I was to be the receiver of their practice, and I was nervous.   Before I climbed on the table for the Reiki session, I noticed the heart hanging on the bathroom door in the room. As I laid face down I was thinking about love. There was a lot of...

  When I was younger, in times of crisis, I would long for an answer, or look for someone who would give me the answers I was looking for.  I ended up becoming an English Literature major in my undergraduate years searching the novels and poems of others struggling to find meaning in life.  I looked to teachers, friends and in my relationships to delve into the deeper aspects of their minds:  do you kno

    My sister is gone. Candice was my best friend. Starting out my little sister, we shared life's treasures and interests throughout our lives together. I rediscovered a gift she had left me on a previous birthday. It speaks to me, and I hope it speaks to you as well: "Happy Birthday. Certainly a year to celebrate all kinds of growth! I hope you find some moments of relaxation and peace today. You try so hard to live well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9hKbkdJT04 You have lived through so much. It took courage to stay, to live each moment - one to the next. Sometimes you questioned if you would make it. Suffering extends time. Maybe it seemed like forever. Heavy. Hopeless at times. Crushed. And then, no more. Not one more minute. No. The courage to say No.

I allow, naturally, the breath in.  I take in life.  I allow it to flow through my whole body.  It happens without thinking.  I don't have to do anything but allow it in. Then I notice a natural pause.  A moment to immerse in the stillness.  The space where all truths reveal.

Thank you Robert!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmwPyKsCHwM

Well, you see that I have taken you down the rabbit hole to Reiki.  What, you might ask, is the relationship between Reiki and the trauma of an abusive relationship. If you could actually "see" the negative energy that comes at you when someone is yelling at you, demeaning you or verbally attacking you, you

I welcome you to view my new video.  I was interviewed by a local television studio about my healing practice of Reiki fusion.  Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOAcK5BzBc