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Surrendering to the Waves of Fear

Surrendering to the Waves of Fear

“Surrender is the ultimate sign of strength and the foundation for a spiritual life.” - Debbie Ford We recently took a trip to the ocean. If you need a moment to remember you are not in control, spend a bit gazing into the ocean. It has a way of reminding me of how magnificent life is and how there is so much more to the world than our perspective often allows. There is something magical about the waves washing up through your feet, and quickly pulling back, disappearing ba

What We Let In

What We Let In

“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.” – Gayle Forman, If I Stay My daughter has been watching a relatively new show, and she came to me the other day with quite an insightful awareness. She said to me, “Mom, I noticed everyone on this show looks a little too perfect and I don’t feel good about myself when I watch it.” Holy cow. Seriously, it took me a bit by surprise how she was able to articulate something I know happens to me, yet still get

Above No One, Below No One

Above No One, Below No One

"I'm not interested in whether you've stood with the great; I'm interested in whether you've sat with the broken." - Sue Fitzmaurice It is east at times easy to be drawn to the glitz and the glamour of the people, places and things around us. It can liven our soul to feel at the center of activity and attention. Inherently, there is nothing wrong with that. We just cannot ignore those that are hurting. It can be uncomfortable, even awkward digging down deep with someone

International Overdose Awareness

International Overdose Awareness

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day*. It’s not something we talk about in social circles on the playgrounds, or while waiting in line at the grocery store. It just isn’t. And yet, here is a day, dedicated to the awareness of this now epidemic. An overdose is defined by Merriam Webster Online as, “an excessive quantity or amount”. It doesn’t say anything about your color, your gender, your economic status or your level of education. The disease of addiction doe

When Our Rules Break Us

When Our Rules Break Us

Image credit Shutterstock "Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to the rules." - Shannon Alder Years ago, I used to watch the Food Network and Rachael Ray would be cooking on her show and be using some sort of tomato marinara sauce. She would go on and on about how she could never understand why people would buy jarred marinara when it was so easy to make it. It would drive me nuts because I would say to myself, “because they don’t have time to make h

It's Not Really About You

It's Not Really About You

“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.” – Wayne Dyer Geez, I have heard this so many times, it is quite annoying. Ironically, it is most often heard from my inner voice reminding me to get out of my own bubble assuming everything is about me or done because of me. And it’s not. Raising children for me has been such a blessing, as I feel I get to grow up again in sort of a way, and see the world through new eyes. The lessons often come faster than I ca

The Best Present of All

The Best Present of All

“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.” ― Alice Morse Earle The holiday season is upon us, and the to-do lists keep getting longer and longer, with pressure increasing. My inbox continues to ‘ding’ with notifications of Santa visits throughout shops and venues around town, not to be missed because guarantees are high for the absolute merriest of times. Then, there are the distractions of the sales, coupons, and n

The Only Thing We Can Control

The Only Thing We Can Control

“You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.” — Iyanla Vanzant We were driving in the car (where everything happens these days), and there was a person who was intent on staying on my tail, pushing me to go above and beyond the speed limit. They obviously had somewhere they wanted to be, and in their eyes, I was hindering that goal. The kids all had their opinions of how to handle the speedster behind us. Go faster. Go slower. Yell

Why We Need Empathy

Why We Need Empathy

“We are all so desperate to be understood, we forget to be understanding.” – Beau Taplin I recently attended a screening of a documentary telling the story of those that have found themselves unhoused, or commonly referred to as homeless. It was a very emotional screening, depicting these individuals as humans with stories. And to that, we can all relate. I mean we are all humans with stories. As I sat in the room full of people who were attending this screening, I grew a

When We Can't Let Go

When We Can't Let Go

“When one door closes, another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” - Alexander Graham Bell My newly turned 4-year-old had an absolute meltdown the other day. It was over shoes. I mean, generally speaking you could fill in the blank as to the subject matter and the tears would still fall with the same ferocity. But this time, it was over a pair of Anna (from Frozen) boots that no

Surrendering in the Face of Fear

Surrendering in the Face of Fear

“Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.” - Eckhart Tolle Surrender to that which you cannot control. Focus on your breath. Take a few moments every day to meditate. Stay in the moment. These are the things I know are crucial to managing, even to preventing, anxiety from taking over. And yet, it feels like these are the hardest things to do. My fear is strong these days, making it challenging to surrender, to bre

There is Always a Trade-Off

There is Always a Trade-Off

“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe There was an echo in the room this past weekend as my husband uttered the words that I have been saying to myself, out loud, and even to that cat for as long as I can remember. “Can we just have a clean house?” he desperately gasped to no one in particular. He has been traveling, working on things around the house and after stepping on the black Hot Wheels mini c

Do A Little Bit of Good Wherever You Are

Do A Little Bit of Good Wherever You Are

I was driving through town the other day, had just picked up my preschooler and was running late to pick up my kindergartner, and I got stuck. The light turned yellow, and then red. As I was sitting, I watched the colors change, back to green and was waiting to begin motion again, when nothing happened. I looked ahead and I noticed a stream of cars in the intersection still moving as if their light was green. My first instinct was outrage at this disregard for the traffic

Act As If

Act As If

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt As we headed into spring, I thought we were going to escape flu season unscathed. No such luck. First, my husband got hit, and down the line it went. I haven’t mentioned this too much, but among my fears is an intense aversion to throwing up. (So, if you want me around, don't tell me your sick. Equally, if you don't want me around, casually hint at your feelings of nausea.) Now, it’s not like most people do

When We Only See What We Want

When We Only See What We Want

“You will always define events in a manner which will validate your agreement with reality.” - Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free Things have calmed down a bit and have allowed me a bit more time to ponder, in the car of course (where I seem to do quite a bit of my reflections on life). I was coming up to a stop light and a few cars ahead of me in the lane of the oncoming traffic, I saw an obscure object on the ground. The oncoming traffic was still stopped, an

When Life is Painful

When Life is Painful

“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” – Pema Chödrön Lately, it has been incredibly hard to write. So, I haven’t. I’ll be honest; I have no solution, no f

When We Miss the Chaos

When We Miss the Chaos

“Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.” - R.D. Laing We finally have reached our holiday break from school. I have been looking forward to time with the kids, and nothing to do and nowhere to go. I had all of these plans to relax and take a break from the constant running around. And yet, I find myself unable to sit, and do the things I say I love to do. It’s almost as if I miss the chaos of running around everywhere. Bu

When Good Intentions Still Lead to Spilled Milk

When Good Intentions Still Lead to Spilled Milk

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” - Aesop These past few weeks have been challenging – to say the least. I feel so much of our spirit as a nation is broken, and as a person who feels so much of everything that is going on, it is overwhelming. So, aside from various outward actions I can take, I have also asked myself what can I do in this very moment, in the every day. So, I put forth an intention to be kind. Back to the old saying which never se

When We Feel Stuck

When We Feel Stuck

Photo credit: Bigstock “But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.” - Anne Frank Lately, I've felt like I am living the cliché of pushing and pushing against a brick wall and nothing is happening. I know something is bothering me. Heck, a lot of things are bothering me. But I don’t know what to do about it. I just assume I’ll figure it out when I have time. Yet, any time I do have, I keep filling with activity. Kind of a backward thing

When We Feel We Don't Fit In

When We Feel We Don't Fit In

Photo credit: Bigstock Since I can remember, I have often felt on the outside of things, that I didn't see things the same way as everyone else – I just didn’t fit in. What was on the outside just didn’t match the inside. Sure, occasionally, I felt part of the group, but somehow I was still left with a feeling of fraudulence and disconnection. I often thought I would just get over it, or something was off with me. I didn’t understand that it went a little deeper, nor did

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