(Week 1 in a 12 week series)

As I wrapped up a week of walking, counting, meditating, writing in my first week of The Prosperous Heart, I gotta say it was tough.  I walked the dog – that was OK.  However, I had only one dog to walk, where before there/… Read full post »

The title intrigued me: The Prosperous Heart.  When I think about a heart, or my heart, prosperous is not an adjective I’d use.  Strong Heart, Healthy Heart, Big Heart.  Versus the word “prosperous” which I’d associate with my bank account or a business.  E… Read full post »

People are imperfect and so, it stands to reason, are the relationships formed between them. After years of being a couple this truism may be forgotten.  Traits once thought charming turn annoying. Wabi sabi when applied to love relationships, as author Arielle Ford does in her book Wabi Sa/… Read full post »

Looking for more love and more grace?  Look within.  Awaken the energy of kundalini and more and more will come your way. As author, Cyndi Dale, writes, “To decide to rouse our kundalini is to make a life commitment.... We actually become the love and grace we long for.”

In… Read full post »

I highly recommend this book for anyone who is thinking about transforming their life and their home's interior.  Soul Space is an enjoyable read for designers of all types.  As someone who inherited most of her furniture and accent pieces, I’ve never had the opportunity to start from/… Read full post »

The Soul Solution
Enlightening Meditations for Resolving Life’s Problems

 by Jonathan Parker

Have you wanted to start a meditation practice but haven’t figured out how?  Well, I have news for you.  If I’ve learned a thing or two after reading many books about meditati/… Read full post »

Putting Your Imagination to Work

by Michael Michalko 

Where did our creativity go? – that’s my question.  Social media and “The Media” provide rich resources for learning and sharing and pushing information to us.  And, I’m generalizing, we absorb m/… Read full post »

Follow Sara Avant Stover, author of The Way of the Happy Woman.  Sara’s on twitter, and facebook and on a book tour that crosses the globe.  She’s giving women’s retreats in Thailand and yoga retreats in Red Feather, Colorado.  She’s a mentor and a teacher. … Read full post »

I haven’t even finished reading the book because I am savoring the read.  But I do want to share my enjoyment with others and let you know that I highly recommend Expand This Moment by John Selby.  And, Selby offers a phone app so your meditation can begin anywhere, even if/… Read full post »

Volunteering in my own environment, on my own time: What could be better?  Virtual volunteering may be the least talked about kind of volunteerism.  In March, I write about my ongoing stint as a volunteer editor for the Wazee Journal (www.wazeejournal.org), a Denver-based online literary jo/… Read full post »

The Tao of Motherhood,20^th Anniversary Edition by Vimala McClure

This small book left me a little cold.  However, I’d be hesitant to rate it less than average.  Here’s why.

I do think this book could make a great gift.  Small, pocket size, quick read.  Eighty-one lesso/… Read full post »

The Soul Loves the Truth, by Denise Linn

 I picked this book up by chance while browsing at a going-out-of-business sale. It looked interesting - maybe I judged by the cover. I wasn't familiar with the author, Denise Linn, and I had no other particular reason for purchase.  Subtitled &/… Read full post »

Mastering Creative Anxiety by Eric Maisel

 Twenty-four lessons for managing your feelings of anxiety. The subtitle suggests that artists of all kinds tap into these chapters, “24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians and Actors….” I believe these techniques would help any p… Read full post »

The Greatest Secret of All by Marc Allen

This book is a re-release and just in time for those of us who take New Year’s resolutions seriously.  Use this book to help design your great new year.  Or, students about to graduate will also appreciate this timely tome as they embark/… Read full post »

by Cara Lee Lopez

If you’ve ever dreamt of travelling around the world solo but haven’t yet experienced it for yourself, Cara’s tales will lift you out of your armchair and drop you in the middle of wintry Alaska, the rugged Himalayas, and exoticThailand, and romantic Italy. … Read full post »

If you are a seeker, always interested in self-discovery, personal growth opportunities, curious about the mysteries of life and ready to become a better person, this book is a must read, must buy.  Download the free software, design your own chart and get ready to be introduced to the real pers/… Read full post »

The 1972 edition represented the 82^nd year of publication for the Blue Book Publishing Company of Hyattsville, Maryland.  The “Elite Register” boasts contact information for all the Federal Government Officials, including Supreme Court Justices, Secretaries and high level officals fo/… Read full post »

There’s something so comforting about holding a warm mug of coffee to your lips, preparing to sip but only after one or two cooling blows.  Brewed, perked, dripped, expressed.  Aromatic and hot.  It’s the morning routine, the ritual, cherished and enjoyed throughout the wor/… Read full post »

The 21-day process really creates changes in your life.  My advice to all is to be careful.  Undertake this cleanse only if you really are ready for your life to straighten out.  And, if you have an area of life you are afraid to change, if you begin the process, I… Read full post »

I don't understand the reasoning that goes into believing that the pursuit of happiness or kindness is selfish and therefore somehow shameful and self-indulgent.  I've read many, many books that bring this point to light and offer some sort of dismissal.  Personally, this whole id… Read full post »

Happiness can be learned.  The book, Happier by Ben Tal-Shahar, represents a condensed version of Harvard's positive psychology class with roots in 2002 when the first class was taught.  Readers can benefit from the book maybe as much as the students who paid top academic dollar t… Read full post »

I think now is the perfect time to start thinking about philanthropy in 2011.  As the year begins to wind down, thoughts of new year's resolutions hover. I want to publish this review of Kathy LeMay's 2009 book, The Generosity Plan, as my contribution and… Read full post »

I began this book review as a skeptic drawn to test the author's claim that anyone who dared attempt the cleanse would receive immeasurable payoffs.  So, here I am, on the last day, and I think that yes, I did experience a change, a very subtle change.  And I knew within… Read full post »

Day 20 -almost complete.  Light of Compassion.

"It is the heart of clear perspective...."

"The divine heart feels the presence or absense of authenticity, honesty and realness..."

Watch out - here I come.  Compassion fears nothing and is the feeling you access when looking at the world with… Read full post »

Yes, actually, Day 18 did have moments of transcendence.  How could I have forgotten?  There was a letter received in early August.  One I did not open until this day.  There was no purposeful avoidance of this letter.  It was from my cousin, I figured by the handwriting… Read full post »