Gratitude, Presence and Self-care…a GPS for life’s twists and turns.

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How many of us now depend on devices that help us to navigate our way to a new destination? The answer is lots of us. How many of us refuse to tune into our inner GPS to find the way to Peace and Joy? The answer is LOTS of us. While it is easy to just put an address… [Continue Reading]

A Stay-at-Home Mom’s Paycheck

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Us stay-at-home moms often feel we work a payless job. Last Friday at about 5:30pm as my 6 year old and 3 year old were working on painting and drawing I was reading some of my Facebook friends’ posts about it being payday Friday and I was enviously thinking “I remember when…” Then out of the… [Continue Reading]

How large is your Grudge box?

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How large is your Grudge box? First what IS a Grudge Box? It’s the place in your head where you keep track of all your past grudges. You know… The kid in high school who stole your ONE true love The woman in the grocery line who flirted with your ”ever-so-handsome-and-everyone-wants-him” husband The mother-in-law who never… [Continue Reading]

Step closer for a better view.

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I have seen homeless people at a distance.  But I took a step closer and this is what I saw.   I did not see dirty people I saw people who looked their best. I did not see uncaring I saw people asking about one another. I did not see solitude I saw kinship.  I… [Continue Reading]

Blessed out

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On 12/24 I was involved in something that will make this Holiday really memorable. Let me tell you what it was NOT. It was not something that I have to store. It will not clutter my life. It does not sparkle in the usual way. It did not cost me an arm and a leg…. [Continue Reading]

First DO no MORE harm.

By: Alanzo Moreno and Jonathan Bout, Damien High School, La Verne, CA - Winners of The Search For Peace Art Exhibit in Los Angeles

The title of this blog may sound a little dark. I don’t mean it to be. I am taking 100% responsibility for the sentiments expressed here. First a confession: I have done harm. I have dome harm to myself, to those I love and to those I don’t love. There was a time when I… [Continue Reading]

Don’t click send

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You hear about it all the time Facebook this and Facebook that. Are you on Facebook?  Find me on Facebook!   Friend me! Facebook is a wonderful tool to connect with many people especially during the holidays.  We can send virtual cards, post on their Facebook walls, share holiday photos.  We can connect with so… [Continue Reading]

LOST

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I lost about 6 months’ worth of intellectual property. I had about 75 written blogs and classes and general musings in my notes on my iPad. How did I lose it? Here is the sad story: I had a defunct email on my iPad and was deleting it to install my new email address (which… [Continue Reading]

A Peek into my Gratitude process

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I have used the MOLESKIN 12-pack calendar this whole year to make it easy for me to record the things that I am grateful for at the end of each day. These little books are small enough to travel with and IF it gets lost I am only losing about 1 month’s worth of items…. [Continue Reading]