The Importance of Empathy

Everyone deserves our empathy, even when, or more accurately, especially when they have harmed us. This is different from forgiveness. Empathy opens up the heart even wider because it is an aspect of love. It allows us to walk in another person’s shoes, to see and...

Taking Back Your Power

My silver lining story this week is about my experience with the moving company that I hired to move a few pieces of furniture for me. What should have been a very simple hour and a half move became 3 hours because they were not able to turn their truck around on city...

Yoga to Heal

There’s a huge difference between fear and danger. When you’re fully in the present moment, you may experience danger. Fear, however, is worrying about the future. To be able to discern the difference is a powerful step in the process of maturing as a human being. As...