Don’t give up — surrender with hope
It would have been easier if I could just give up altogether, but some nagging positivity inside wouldn’t let me. DNA is programmed for survival, and survival relies on hope of change or a future outcome.
Cultivate prosperity through head, heart and hands
Is prosperity earned or granted? A bit of both. For me, it starts with taking care of myself to cultivate an environment to prosper. Intention, action and luck all play a part.
I’ve learned how to lighten up and prosper
I’ve got five methods of helping myself prosper. Some of them are my own doing, like switching to an ‘attitude of gratitude,’ and others are external. Warning: This story includes rats!
My struggles have been lessons so I could answer my calling
For three decades I carried around a really big secret. My personal epiphany was a series of lessons where my truth slowly revealed itself to me. Today I am happier than ever, with an unshakeable self-belief that my struggles have been lessons so I could answer my calling.
Beliefs are like software, and it’s healthy to “check for updates”
“Anything is possible,” is a core belief of mine. It’s in the American DNA, for sure, and exponentially so if you hold the New York City mentality, but it carries a burden that tested my wellness.
Make America WELL Again
The 2020 U.S. presidential election revealed serious symptoms in the body of 331 million people that are America. If the country were a patient, the diagnosis would be auto-immune disease.
Words signal intention, and Biden’s are loaded
Never would I imagine that a politician would speak publicly of Angels, Heart, Soul, Love, Faith, God, Universe, Empathy, Breath, Hope, and Hugging. But that’s what President-Elect Joe Biden did in his victory speech. His recognises his first job as healing the rifts that divide America.
Walking toward enlightenment on El Camino de Santiago
People embark on The Way of St. James in Spain for different reasons. For me, it was a 20-year aspiration to see the Galician coast. I got much more.
RENEW: The ability to ground ourselves in truth anytime is our greatest gift
To renew is more than starting anew. It’s a moment of discovering something already known with the wonder of experiencing it for the first time. It’s stripping away the extraneous to get at a core truth so intrinsic to one’s self that the emotion energizes forward movement. It’s the gift of free will that enables us to shift a mindset, switch our energy and make a new start; it’s about knowing we have the power for change, which feeds hope.
The World in Flux: Facing the nature/nurture bias of prejudice
2020 has been a dynamic year for collective identity. We experienced intense yet brief moments united — fighting the pandemic and systemic racism — but our inherent bias always will challenge us.