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“Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.”–Regina Brett I’ve always loved this photo of a centenarian using her birthday candles to light up a cigarette. It [...]

“Life by the inch is a cinch. Life by the yard is hard.”–Unknown In my book Your Spacious Self I offer a series of phrases that are designed to relieve and release the build-up of [...]

“Hey Ted, move your head.” Living in a family of book lovers, readers, and library fanatics, I feel a twinge of guilt every time I turn on the TV. Why is it that I feel somehow [...]

“On the threshold the entire past And the endless future Rush to meet one another.” –Gunilla Norris, Being Home My friend Nancy and her husband are building a house from scratch in their hometown [...]

Watch this six minute segment on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and tell me you don’t feel lighter …and freer. And then see if you can’t be more like this 88-year old “hot [...]

“If this clearing technique doesn’t seem like it accomplishes very much, that’s because from the mind’s point of view, it doesn’t. This exercise is designed to access a deeper inner knowing [...]

Did you know that I was chosen 2009 Mother of the Year? Here’s the TV spot to prove it: Stephanie Vogt Receives Prestigious Mother of the Year Award Actually, this is a cute little gimmick [...]

“Stress patterns that keep our homes, workplaces, and lives in a constant state of imbalance have a way of vaporizing in the presence of pure, elegant compassion.” –sbv Part 6 of 7 * [...]

“This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival…” –Rilke Part 5 of 7* Besides you, the flesh and blood human being who invites me to clear your space, I consider [...]