At my recent workshop, Knowing Your Light, while guiding women to greater awareness of their own spiritual gifts and power, most had the epiphany that they need to make choices to spend much more time getting connected to spirit. We spent most of our days there enjoying the benefits of focused spiritual practices, so they may have gone away thinking that to live in such a state of enlightenment you have to spend a lot of time getting and staying there. But not so! Read the rest of this entry »

From my presentation at the 2010 She Loves God Virtual Conference I share my ten-minute take on making the choice to have HOPE as your constant companion in this easy to listen to audio recording. As with all things of spirit, it is simply a choice to believe. Read the rest of this entry »

Leisure is an attitude of mind and a condition of the soul that fosters a capacity to perceive the true reality of life. Spirituality can be born only in leisure--a leisure that allows freedom of thought and time for the contemplation of the nature of God. I propose that leisure is the foundation for success in discovering a peaceful existence of spirituality in our lives. Whether we physically stop our routines and escape to nature or simply shift our mindset to a deeper spiritual awareness, relaxing into the state of leisure allows spiritual enlightenment to bless you. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s funny how the little things can have such a great affect on our moods, almost as if to control the very outcome of how we manifest our daily lives. Attachments to people, things, beliefs, and experiences definitely create much of our reality—how we see and experience our lives every single day. Read the rest of this entry »

Last Monday was my mother’s 80th birthday, and I spent the day celebrating by looking at old picture albums and thinking of her. She died at age 54, and I have missed her ever since. My daughter was with me that special day last week, and commented on the change that came over me as I went from being ‘fully present’ to the state of longing for loving times with my family in my past. She brought up a very good point, which I share a lot more about in my book, Trusting Spirit Now. But for today, I will explain the energy around such concepts and a great tool for affecting a shift of one’s energy into living in joy in the now! Read the rest of this entry »