by Merci Gracia | Nov 12, 2016 | Peace
Inner composure is the center-piece of well-being. It’s a by-product of being authentic about who we are and how we feel. Acknowledging and feeling our feelings as sensations, allows them to to be heard and dissolve when we’ve absorped the lessons we need...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 11, 2016 | Health
What we ingest and absorb physically and mentally determines how we experience life. Becoming more aware of our mental and physical diet helps us attain greater health and well-being. The simple practice of taking a 10 day hiatus from a single habit that we know...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 27, 2015 | Balance
Whatever political, religious or ethnic affiliation we have, being so extreme that we won’t consider other points of view or question our own is self-destructive. Blind faith negates reason in favor of inflammatory stories about how wrong the other is. Hateful...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 13, 2015 | Balance
We’re often so caught up in our ego-driven stories that we forget who we really are. Our intricate webs of right/wrong, good/bad, fair/unfair keep us in self-created fantasies that can last for minutes, days, years or even a lifetime. When we begin to monitor...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 20, 2014 | Appreciation
Are you working yourself to the bone so you can ‘afford’ to relax in the future? Since you can never be sure your plans will work out as you hope, indefinitely putting off living the way you want to, right now, is a risky proposition. What lies ahead is...