This year, I am having a summer Still tending the dishwasher, the laundry, the bathrooms (sometimes – ha!) I am planning kid’s schedules and being Mom Taxi to places near and far Still, I’m having a summer by g-d! Yes…
Have you ever wondered who wrote that popular poem The Desiderata?
It's that poem that starts..
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons...
You may have seen it printed somewhere or sown as an embroidered piece at your auntie's house or granny's house.
In Rivvy Neshama's book Recipes for a Sacred Life, you can dip in and find out who really wrote that poem...plus study the full poem yourself and gain some peace from it. The story of who really wrote The Desiderata is quite surprising.
How to be an effective empath Lunching with a good friend recently, we were discussing energy work and the nature of energetic sensitivity and empathic ability – and how to be an effective empath. What is ‘being an effective empath?’…
This is a journal entry as I proceeded through Brene Brown's online course The Gifts of Imperfection, from the book of the same name. I'd highly recommend the course or any of her publications as a support on the journey to personal growth.
Do not use homeopathy – I use it…but you don’t have to! It’s been three years now since I started this blog and began to write about alternative health, my experiences of homeopathy included. There continues to be great personal…
Who is Brene Brown and what gifts does she have to offer us? Brene Brown is a researcher who collected data for 13 years or so on the nature of shame and fear. She had a big moment around 2008…
Everyone loves a good shaggy dog story – here’s my story of Pickle, who lived with us until October 2023. xxx The Shaggy Dog Story Our rescue dachshund Pickle has been with us for two years now. My family had…
Letting go of one of the stages of childhood with my two girls… During the summer break I’ve managed to get on down and get some jobs on that have been waiting a while. One of (the many!) was clearing…
Now Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton introduces a powerful idea: instead of focusing on fixing weaknesses, we should identify and develop our natural talents.
This book is revolutionary. It's a very different concept to consider simply building on your Strengths rather than 'plugging the skills gap' and shoring up your 'weaknesses'.
This post marks 150 blog posts written here! I've chosen to use a friends' writing exercise - 10 things you don't know about me - to celebrate my 150 blog post mark! I hope you enjoy this - 10 things you didn't know about Sarah Lawrence.
I recently read Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber (thanks again to Andover Library KS for their great new book section!).
It's a short novel about angelic intervention and free will and is a love story, too.
Whether you believe in Angels at the Table or not - a fun read.
Archangel Gabriel allows angels Shirley, Goodness and Mercy to take an angel-in-training, Will, down to Earth to watch the New Years' celebrations.
They find themselves in trouble when Will is drawn to stand in the celebrating crowds in Times Square and notices two lonely people, a guy, and a girl. He gives them a nudge with his wing and they connect and like each other.
So what's wrong with that? They were destined to meet, but not that soon - so their relationship becomes blocked by a number of complications.
Have you ever considered writing letters to your loved ones who have passed?
More complex than seeing your life flash before your eyes, a life review through letter writing can be an opportunity to learn from your life lessons and discover why certain people or situations were in your life in the first place.
It can manifest as a movie that you watch, or as a series of meetings with people in your life who discuss their reasons for being with you this time around.