§ We came to this world to LIVE OUT LOUD.
Mindfulness Heaven
When was the last time you gave yourself a week, a day, or even a couple of hours to simply be? I just spent a glorious week at a Family Mindfulness Retreat with two of my daughters at Plum Village, the monastery founded by Vietnamese Buddhist Zen monk Thich Nat Hahn in the Bordeaux region of France.
Miracles Do Happen
Dreams do come true and miracles do happen. I spent many years hoping my husband would join me in my passion for personal growth. Then a gave up. I just surrendered to things being as they are and decided to focus on my own happiness.
Grace and Ease
These days my #1 goal is cultivating inner peace. Nothing else is nearly as important. I’ve gotten to the point of my life where I realize that it’s not what’s going on but how I react to what’s going on that makes all the difference in the world.
Do Your Spiritual Beliefs Sustain You?
My spiritual beliefs saved me when all I could do was lay in the dark depressed and watch a candle burn. They gave me sustenance in moments of greatest fear. And they gave me the inspiration and faith to keep going, to heal my childhood traumas, and to create the life of my dreams.
Are You Living Your Passion and Purpose?
I write this in route from Paris to Riga, Latvia (where we will just hang out for a few days to get to know a new part of the world) to Tallinn, Estonia to Plum Village for a weeklong family mindfulness retreat in Bordeaux.
Dream Trip to Paris
I’m in Paris for a mother-daughter trip with my oldest who turns sixteen soon. I promised her this trip for her 16th birthday as we sat around eating an after-school snack eight years ago and sixteen still seemed so far away.
Are You a Good Enough Mom?
Do you ever feel like no matter how much you do, you are not a good enough mom? Or don’t do enough as a mom?
Making a Big Move
Have you ever felt really nervous about a big move? After nearly 7 years of living in house in a town in the Colombian Andes, I will be moving with my family to an apartment in Bogota, a bustling, traffic ridden capital city of over 8 million people.
This Can Change Your Relationship
Are you struggling in your primary relationship, partnership or marriage? Or have you been “burned” so many times that you’re afraid to even get into a serious relationship?I have been with my husband for 25 years and I can definitely confirm that having a close, intimate relationship take A LOT OF WORK.
