A story on CNN caught my attention. (Thanks, Nikky, for sending me the link.) It was about a photo someone took of a stranger in an airport and posted on Reddit. It was a photo of a Sikh woman with a turban and facial hair. This story was posted on September 22, with the caption, “I’m […]
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It is fun to talk about boundaries! This I gots question on my Facebook page was about setting and or respecting boundaries. Check them out: Do we need to set boundaries in our relationships? How do we do it and why? Isn’t that a limitation to love? How do we know we are not crossing someone’s
When you are dealing with negativity of the people around you, keep these things in mind. Here is a question I got on Facebook this week. When facing accusations, I always feel hurt, but I can stay calm as I reply: “It’s not who I am, it’s just your opinion about me.” But with some
This question from a comment on @JodiAmanLOVE Facebook page is about the lessons of teachers and students. This is a question from Liz: Do you feel that some people have to go through a life of hurt, upset and struggle to learn from and to enable them to then pass on their experiences and wisdom
40 Things I Will Give Up For The Second Half of My Life Get wild about how I think 1.Putting conditions on love: expect something from someone when I offer kindness and compassion. 2. Judging others for things I am also likely to do. 3. False speech. 4. Complaining about something rather than changing my
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International Women’s Day It is wonderful that today March 8, International Women’s Day falls on a full moon this year. What is International Women’s Day? Since 1975, women’s right and women’s awareness has been celebrated on this day. It has more emphasis in other countries and less in the US. It is so un-widely known
The concept of universal oneness is sometimes hard to wrap your brain around. We grew up with us/them, win/lose mentality. This is called dual thinking and it is the cause of so many of our problems. We feel separate from other people and this has us up to all sorts of antics: getting angry, feeling
There are many discourses in our culture, telling us how we should behave. (Always be suspect with the word “should!” Don’t Should On Yourself) Two cultural beliefs stand out in my mind today since they contradict: “Give to others first,” and “Take care of yourself first.” We all recognize the first, do things for others,
Improving self worth is of utmost importance! Believing that you don’t deserve to heal is one of the biggest blocks to healing. And just going from undeserving to deserving is healing itself. I feel honored everyday that I get to witness my clients’ shift in their self worth, from unworthy to worthy; first in small