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Gratitude is My Prayer…

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” -William Arthur Ward. The season of Thanksgiving is a blessed opportunity to step back and reflect on the people in our lives, the love of family and friends, the abundance we’re...

On This Mother’s Day…

Our relationship with our mothers sets the tone for every significant relationship in our lives. Our mothers are our first and most powerful role models. Our most deeply ingrained beliefs about ourselves come from them. Our behaviors and relationships, whether...

All The Answers You Seek Are Within…

Contemplate where you’re at now. Your busy life and constant stimulation by the external environment can leave you out of touch with yourself. Being constantly on the go provides a real challenge to step away long enough and take a good look at your inner world. Do...

Behind the Scenes… The Story Behind the Book Cover of Gold in the Cracks

For those who have been following my posts about my latest book, Gold in the Cracks, you may know by now that the concept is based on Kintsugi, a Japanese art of repairing broken pottery and filling the cracks with gold. In the book I share how, in his quest, the...

You Get to Choose How Your Story Ends…

Have you ever paused to listen to your internal dialogue? What are you saying to yourself? About yourself? Perhaps, like me, you’ve been criticizing yourself for years and didn’t even realize it. Life sent you to places that were so challenging that you think you’re...

What 10 Days At A Buddhist Monastery Taught Me… Part 3

Be not attached to the beloved And never with the unbeloved. Not to meet the beloved is painful As also to meet with the unbeloved. ~The Buddha’s Words in The Dhammapada The peace that settled in me felt very foreign at first. It had been aeons since I had experienced...

What 10 Days At A Buddhist Monastery Taught Me… Part 2

Rarely is found in this world anyone Who is restrained by shame and wide-awake, As a thoroughbred horse avoids the whip Thoroughly worn out is this body, A net of diseases and very frail This heap of corruption break to pieces, For life indeed ends in death. ~The...

What 10 Days At A Buddhist Monastery Taught Me… Part 1

Devote not yourselves to negligence; Have no intimacy with sensuous delights. The vigilant, meditative person Attains sublime bliss. Hard to perceive extremely subtle is this mind, It roams wherever it desires. Let the wise man guard it. A guarded mind is conducive to...

Finding The Right Fragrance… For You.

Choosing the right perfume for you and your personality can be tough. If you’ve never worn perfume before or you’re just in the market for a new fragrance, the choices can overwhelm you. Do you go fruity and floral or opt for something muskier? Deciding on a signature...

What The Scent You Wear Says About You… Part II

In last week’s post I mentioned that there are five different kinds of perfumes: parfum, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, and eau fraiche. Today I would like to elaborate the main categories fragrance concentrations are broken into: Parfum: This is the...