Often there is resistance in feeling your emotions because you think it will be painful. Watch this video for my response to how embracing your emotions brings you freedom — video. Feeling your emotions is not painful. The idea of pain comes from the story the mind creates about why…

A key part to stop reacting to people or circumstances is to recognize and allow your emotions to be present. I’m not talking about flipping someone off when you are angry or eating a pint of ice cream when you are sad or even locking yourself in bathroom at work…

The you that you think you are is not the you that you really are. That’s a tongue twister and a mind bender. The you that you think you are is a creation of the mind. It is made up of words, thoughts, beliefs and a perceived idea of yourself. …

This idea that love is conditional comes from the hurt part of us. That hurt part creates an idea that we need to be a certain way, do a certain thing and/or others need to be a certain way in order for us to be loved or love them. Love exists without condition. Therefore we don’t need to claim that love is unconditional because it already is. Love doesn’t mean we tolerate hurtful behavior or deny our preferences because love includes us.

Do you sometimes or maybe often think there is something wrong with you? Let me let you in on a little secret… There is nothing wrong with you. How does it feel to hear that? You just think there is. Thinking is in the mind…it is a story made of words. It is not true! So, Stop pretending there is something wrong with you. What becomes available to you and your life when there is nothing wrong with you?

What is drama? Drama is being at the effect of the world, gossip, the need to be right, blaming, saving, over explaining, rationalizing and justifying, etc. How do you participate in creating drama? You take on one or more of these roles: Hero/Rescuer: fears not being needed, poor you, care…

Grief can be a challenging emotion to express especially when you think it’s not necessary or you aren’t willing to accept what is. Grief is not reserved only for death. Grief exists anytime something ends: a job, a relationship, a role, an experience. Grief is the energy of letting go…

Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson I. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost. I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. II. I walk down the same street. There…

Have you ever heard, “if you love me then you would…”? stay with me help me give me what I need protect me kiss me have sex with me marry me (fill in the blank) We are so confused about what love is because we have been conditioned to believe…