Go For The Gold- The Olympics always brings fresh energy and sometimes tears as I watch with awe the results of years of training and hopes displayed from all places and in all colors.  The Gymnastics were especially great to see – as the last time we were competing...

The Heart Speaks I have written before of my 25 plus years doing the work of Heartmath.  When I first found Heartmath, I somehow knew the Heart had intelligence that was greater and different than that of the computer we call our brains.  I couldn’t wait to offer its...

May The Force Be With You When the first installment of Star Wars was released, I was not interested in seeing it.  I was never a sci-fi enthusiast but after a great deal of nagging from a friend I finally went with him to see it.  Thus began my long love affair with...

Never Argue for your Limitations Recently I have been back in touch with an old friend from long ago and far away…actually he was a bit more than a friend.  It’s been fun reconnecting and beginning the “catch up” process of over 35 years.  While covering so many...

The Politics of Love As I sit here composing this blog, we are on the eve of the 248Th anniversary of the country in which I was born and still live in- it has been a rough week for the constitution.  It has been a rough few years for that independence streak we are...

  Love is All You Need From the Beatles hit song to the common use of the phrase- we can think of Love in a very trite way.  When I was searching for photos for this blog, there were basically three styles.  Couples, wedding photos, rings, flower etc.- I am going...

Love and Courage – and then change My mother was a big-time baseball fan.  As a kid, growing up in the Detroit area, the Tigers were our team.  Many ladies days were spent at the old Tiger Stadium and as a kid if Willie Mays was in town, you didn’t care what team he...

This is Your Last Worthless Anything I am sure you can recall a time when a piece of music popped into your head and you could not get it out….as a clinical psychologist for some years, I should be able to explain to you why that happens.  Sorry to disappoint but no...

The Gentle Art of Blessing As Spring turns to summer, allergies are visiting some folks and the sounds of sneezes and the follow-on remark “God Bless You” are both in the wind.  Saying or sending that blessing is a cultural norm and I can’t help but wonder why we...

DO Everything with Love Love can be relegated to the romantic or to the familial – or to the special.  In truth, Love is for everything and everyone…it doesn’t need a category or a distinction.  It can be seen in the gorgeous play of Spring – everything so green and...

Life is Just a Bowl of Choices Although the photo shows cherries, the topic is choices.  One of the most challenging disciplines of my life has been to recognize that everything I think, feel or do is my choice.  Initially I may have a thought that appears out of...