After Christmas Blues

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! I did. But I’m experiencing the after Christmas blues! Are you? So many projects were pushed to the back burner until after Christmas and now that burner is boiling over! I’m just assessing the overwhelm situation I now find myself in. Now that the party is over there is the cleanup. Taking back …

You Don’t Own A Thing

I watched Blackfish the other night – the documentary about SeaWorld’s orcas in captivity. The movie has been recommended to me for a while, but honestly, I’ve been putting it off because I knew my heart would crumple, my anger would flare, and a great feeling of helplessness would follow. But I watched it anyway, tears flowing, heart breaking, mind …

You Are Not Your Addiction!

Guest Post: Cynthia Wand ADDICTED -|əˈdiktid| adjective •physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects: she became addicted to alcohol and diet pills. • enthusiastically devoted to a particular thing or activity: he’s addicted to computers. The addiction list is long: shopping gambling facebook pornography drugs alcohol gaming eating complaining …

To Be Of One Heart or Not to Be – What was the question?

I recently attended a fireside hosted at my neighborhood LDS Stake Center (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), of which I have a religious affiliation in. The fireside was titled “Be of One Heart, Unity in Marriage”, with speaker Matt Townsend, an entertaining expert on communication and relationships. Mr. Townsend talked for a solid hour on this premise… …