Not About Them

When we reject, overlook or criticize others, it’s never personal. It’s almost always about ourĀ preconceptions, projections, insecurities or need to control. When we judge, it’s usually due to the mistaken belief that others are responsible for how...

Time to Feel

While we’re sequestered, it’s time to take an occasional break from television, internet and social media and instead focus our attention inwardly and investigate aspects of ourselves that we normally ignore. When we slow down, we can feel theĀ feelings...

What Do You Love?

Now is the perfect time to look deep within and ask ourselves what we want and how we’d like our life to be after we emerge out of self-isolation. The key is to be honest, allowing our full range of feelings to arise. The painful feelings illustrate what we...

Exploring Shadows

We aren’t always who we think we are. Most of us unconsciously bury some feelings because they seem uncomfortable or messy to deal with. But, repressing our feelings doesn’t make them go away. They sit inside us festering, causing dis-ease, pain and...

Honestly Feeling

When children are learning to walk they fall down and sometimes hurt themselves. Parents quickly offer comfort by distracting them or telling them that they’re alright. But that’s not always true. Sometimes falling down hurts. These well-meaning parents...

Where Feelings Come From

It isn’t what we do, who we’re with or where we are that creates our feelings. Feelings arise from within, rather than being the inevitable result of external circumstances. The fact that we can be happy in extremely unpleasant situations and unhappy in...