On this Valentine’s Day week, I think it is fitting to talk about the heart.  Did you know that your heart beats independent from any information or energy sent from the brain?  The electrical impulse of the heart is said to be 60 times larger than the impulse sent from our brains.  The … Continue reading Heartfulness, Part One

The class I took this fall semester for my Doctoral studies is called, “Your brain on God.”  During the semester, we read about how meditation deepens our spiritual connection to ourselves, others and The Divine.  We also read about how neuroscience is studying meditation.  It is fascinating to think about what spiritual experiences look like … Continue reading Life Transformation is an Embodied Experience

I could not end the month of January without talking about diet!  But let's think about our diet in a different way. Dr. Alane Daugherty in From Mindfulness to Heartfulness asks the question, “What is your energy diet?”  She explains that everything we expose ourselves to either takes us away from or adds to our … Continue reading Energy Diet

    One of my colleagues in my Doctoral Program described one of the motivation factors in addiction recovery groups.  He said that there is a common feeling of, “I only have this one day, so I can do this!”  He said that a connected idea is that as they look around the group and … Continue reading For this day, I can!

Mudita is a new word that I discovered in my readings this fall.  Mudita means unselfish or sympathetic joy.  We experience mudita as parents when we see our child succeed and we feel happy and excited for them.  Children teach us about Mudita when they give a gift they have made.  Children wait, watch and … Continue reading Unselfish Joy

"Abundance is not something we acquire.  It is something we tune into."  Wayne Dyer My word for 2019 is ABUNDANCE.  I like the definition of abundance that says, “overflowing fullness.”  The psalmist writes, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.  You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.  Surely … Continue reading Living Abundantly in the land of Scarcity

  I spent most of June, July and August writing this blog post. What began this summer as a heated discussion leading to my child-like blow up (see past blog post) and a great conversation with a friend, sparked an interest in writing a blog with the message, “We must be able to use our … Continue reading Hold on to your Kindness

My prayer for Christians everywhere today is that you feel the freedom and power to turn the sermon into a conversation. Let the words your minister speaks pass through three gates: head (experience of life and knowledge), the heart (feelings), and the gut (instincts). Write down the ideas that are spoken that affirm the Good … Continue reading Faithful following is not Anti- Religious

Recently, a friend approached me wanting to have a difficult conversation. She stated her intention in the invitation: a video on Facebook created by religious leaders bothered her and she hoped we could talk about our different political views. She and I recently spent time together in a study I created called “Root to Bloom: … Continue reading Friends, Family, Faith & Politics