Wouldn’t it be interesting if we could quantify how much of what we think and believe about ourselves is our own and how much of it came from sources outside us?

Join me this week as we consider what judgment produces and ways of letting it go.

Earlier this week, I told a friend that I don’t know where I’d be if it weren’t for the prayers and blessings other people have been so generous to offer me. I have no doubt that my life has been changed for the better because they have. In some of cases, I had no idea they were doing so until years later.

Join me this week as we consider prayers and blessings and as I offer my blessings to you with my heart wide open.

In real terms, what would it mean to become intentional about honoring yourself and the life you’re living? Putting that another way, in measurable or observable ways, what would have to happen to put self-care at the top of your list and keep it there?

Join me this week as we consider the imperative of taking exceptional care of ourselves on an everyday basis.

This is a great time to look around and do a bit of sorting and sifting. Whether we call it Spring cleaning or not, what good things will happen when we clear out some of the things we no longer need? Not just the physical things, but some of what we’ve been holding inside as well.

Join me this week as we consider physically de-cluttering, and also clearing out some of our mental and emotional debris. What a relief that will be.

When we’re struggling, is it really necessary to jump through hoops and turn ourselves inside out in order to feel better, or could it be far simpler than that? Could it be much, much easier?

Join me this week as we consider our built-in ability to be self-restoring as we allow ourselves to come back into balance.

When I think about blessings, I automatically think about gratitude and what a former colleague once told me. “Gratitude and depression cannot live in the same mind at the same moment,” he said. I also think about how my gratitude is deepening for each of the blessings I’ve experienced.

Join me this week as we consider the blessings in our lives and how we might want to honor them. Stay with me.

Have you ever felt that you had forgotten who you really are, or that you had forgotten the more innocent self you innately knew before you experienced all that life has brought you? If so, you’re far from alone.

Join me this week as we consider ways of bringing that part of us back to the forefront of our lives. It begins with nothing more than a bit of remembering. Stay with me. I think you’ll be glad you did.

We’re naturally drawn to the eclipse of the sun or moon. We find those events to be beautiful and mysterious. Unfortunately, we also have a tendency to eclipse ourselves, blocking our own light.

Join me this week as we consider natural eclipses and the unnatural ones we impose on ourselves and others, and how we might go about getting out of our own way. Stay with me.

Though you’re probably not a mental health practitioner, this week, I share a brief case study that illustrates some of the positive things can happen when we refuse to judge someone, even though they may be challenging to deal with on the surface.

Join me as we consider the power of seeing and accepting people for who they are, not how they’ve been labeled. Stay with me.

Have you ever found yourself shutting down and you weren’t quite sure what caused it or what to do about it? It’s more common than you might think, especially in the face what we’ve experienced during the past year.

Join me this week as we consider ways of keeping our hearts and minds open and accepting the vitality that comes with it. Stay with me.