The circumstances of your life at any moment don’t care about you at all, so don’t waste time or energy trying to change what you can’t control. One of the key components of the Stoic philosophy—one that has stood the test of time for thousands of years—is that to live our best life—our most #HeartspokenLife, […]
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Let’s Get Right With Money: Part 4 of 4
Too many of us have an unhealthy relationship with money, and that misalignment with our heart and soul can have serious consequences. This is the fourth in the 4-part series. The other parts are here: Part 1: Let’s Talk About Money IntroductionPart 2: Myth #1 – There’s not enoughPart 3: Myth #2 – More is […]
Let’s Get Right With Money: Part 3 of 4
Too many of us have an unhealthy relationship with money, and that misalignment with our heart and soul can have serious consequences. This is the third in the 4-part series. Here are the others: Part 1: Let’s Talk About Money IntroductionPart 2: Myth #1 – There’s not enoughPart 3: Myth #2 – More is betterPart […]
Let’s Get Right With Money: Part 2 of 4
Too many of us have an unhealthy relationship with money, and that misalignment with our heart and soul can have serious consequences. This blog post is the second in a four-part series based on the book The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist. It’s an incredible book. Here are links to all the parts of […]
Let’s Get Right With Money: Part 1 of 4
Too many of us have an unhealthy relationship with money, and that misalignment with our heart and soul can have serious consequences. This “Let’s Get Right With Money” free e-course was published originally in May, 2012 by Dr. Cyndi Briggs, a writing colleague whose course disappeared from the online space when she discontinued her blog […]
Are You Feeding The Monsters?
Are you feeding these monsters? They might include anger, jealousy, sorrow, regret, guilt, lies, greed, arrogance, resentment, self-pity, inferiority, superiority, and false pride.
Life Is Like A River: Keep It Unpolluted
Life is like a river, made up of many smaller streams. Are you taking care of the streams flowing into your life’s river to keep them unpolluted? As I crossed the low-water bridge on my walk this morning and marveled at the beautiful North Fork of the Shenandoah River, I recalled how different the river […]
Heartspoken Moment: Listen (#1)
Take just a moment to stop and listen—to really appreciate the miracle of hearing. It can change the trajectory of your whole day. My mother’s sister is 96 years old and has been deaf all her life. She has compensated well by cultivating all her other senses, but thinking about her has made me realize […]