A Month of Mays: May Anger Guide Us To Serenity
You might have noticed from my previous posts that there’s one emotion that I rely on as a tool to help me identify areas where there’s still room for personal growth: My anger. Anger is not subtle. When it strikes, I can’t pretend like I didn’t notice. So, when...
A Month of Mays: May We Accept Our Hypocrisy
Have you ever gotten into an argument with someone and thought to yourself, “I could throw those words right back in your face!”? Or maybe, when you were a child, did an adult scold you for something that they were just as guilty of doing? And now, be honest....
A Month of Mays: May We Befriend Our Egocentrism
After years of self-analysis, I’ve come to the conclusion that a feeling of strong repulsion within me is a giant red flag. I know that someone or something is reflecting back to me a trait that I do not like about myself. And the explosive rage isn’t really aimed...
A Month of Mays : May We Accept Our Dark Sides
Several years ago, touched off by the song, Have It All by Jason Mraz, I started doing a series of instagram posts called A Month of Mays. In the beginning, I strictly followed the lyrics of the song. The year after that, they were mostly positive affirmations that I...
Lessons To Gain For Our Time From Reading Maus
Recently, my oldest decided to check out the graphic novel, Maus by Art Spiegelman at the library. As it is about the Holocaust, it was very timely, so I read it myself. The book reinforced my belief that I mentioned in my post about sending reiki to Putin. That...
Sending Distance Reiki to Putin
Hello! I know it’s been a while since my last post. There were a lot of things going on personally, and there were a lot of emotions to process in regards to the Russian – Ukrainian war. I just didn’t know where to start! One very interesting thing came...
We Are Earthlings: Keep Russians in Your Heart
In my previous post, I mentioned that my dreams are often war-related these days. I had yet another symbolic dream that shook me and reminded me how extremely important it is for us to be vigilant at this time, and just how much ordinary Russians need our support right...
We Are Earthlings : We All Are One
How are you handling the events of the past week? Are you feeling anxious? Helpless? Frustrated? Probably all of the above, and many more. My dreams are war-related. I dreamt of a memorial along a fence with toy after toy lined up to represent each of the dead. I...
Before You Give Up on Meditation
Meditation. It’s a word that has become quite mainstream in the last decade or so. Even my kids do breathing exercises in gym class now. But in a world where multi-tasking is a virtue and entertainment fits inside your pocket, meditation takes some time getting used to. I know...
What is Love? Pondering the Age-Old Question
I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day yesterday! To me, Valentine’s Day is no longer about just romantic love. It’s a day to spread love wherever you go and to all the people that matter to you, including yourself. It’s something that I was reminded of when I...