Welcome to My Blog
“Listening to your heart’s desires isn’t some new concept… it’s not my idea… it’s in centuries old teachings. My friends on this site have modernized and mastered it. They’re my inspiration. My journey, has been about aligning my life and being open to receive what’s in my heart. It needs to be a daily practice for dreams, wants, and hopes to come to pass. That’s alignment. ” - Tanya Bittner
Start where you are, now
Radical concept? Nope. Just a, “compassionate guide to living” from the extraordinary author and Buddhist monk, Pema Chodrön. If you’ve read my blog since 2012, you’ll know she’s my absolute favorite and I quote her regularly. Picked some of her readings up again...
Change of Heart
I can’t tell you when it happened exactly, or why. I’ve searched for a smoking gun, a silver bullet, and, can’t find one. No health scare, no loss, no windfall, no trajedy, no significant change of any kind except, inside of me. I’ve been waiting for the other...
Blended Family Boundaries
With another year coming to a close, it's a great time to start thinking about resetting boundaries for your blended family in 2019. Cringe... I know, I know, but the reality is your kids are growing up and so you gotta figure this stuff out year-after-year! I...
Projecting 101
In case you aren’t aware, this visual image below will make it easy, thank you Wikipedia :). #blameshifting #projecting It’s when you #projectyourfeelingsontoothers #dealwithyourownshitfirst #peace
The Art of Compromise
Can you? Do you? Compromise? Think critically before you answer. To truly compromise means you have to be ok with not getting what you want. It means you have give up something. Usually control. What have you compromised on lately in a meaningful way... ?...
When You, “Couldn’t Have Said it Better Yourself”
Here we go with a divorce related blog post citing almost an entire article on Altruistic Narcissists authored by Dr. Suzana Flores with some anecdotal commentary from me in parentheticals. Dr. Flores' words on this mental disorder resonated in a very real and...
I’ve Moved On
Hiya 🙂 Welcome back! You've probably noticed I've moved on from the, "you can do it", "your future is bright", "the world is your oyster, go get it" posts. Not that there's anything wrong with those types of junior motivational messages, but you're more...
Self Care and Truth
Turned a corner two days ago and I can finally see the healing light! Holy hell I feel more motivated and inspired than ever! But just days earlier, I was reaching my limit and feeling utterly defeated. I had started this Instagram draft below but abandoned it...
You Don’t Have to 👍🏽 Me
I’m fascinated with social media. I remember opening a MySpace account but not really knowing what the heck to do with it. I just liked being an early adopter of anything (still do). Fast forward to 2006 ish... I flew to Toronto to help a family member through a...
Growth
Oh, hi 👋! Sorry it’s been a fortnight (ok, longer than that), since I’ve blogged. I’ve been globetrotting, I mean, chaperoning my daughters in three states where they’ve danced from mid June until the end of July. I hardly saw them. But at least their heads hit...