Many years ago, I was at a women’s retreat deep in the heart of East Texas. The weekend’s focus was on renewing friendships, overcoming obstacles and embracing the best parts of our inner self. At the beginning of the retreat, each person was given a stack of note cards with strict directions to guard what we’d written on them. “Some things are ( Read more... )

The phoenix is a mythological creature that symbolizes new growth and coming back from nothingness. Out of ashes arose this incredible creature, full of new life and new possibilities ( Read more... )

I associate the subject of fear with Halloween. Part of what makes this times of year so thrilling, is that each of us has an opportunity to confront our "fears" in a safe and fool-proof environment ( Read more... )

I wish I knew where fear came from. I wasn't always this afraid. As a small child, my fears were irrational: the dark, monsters in my closet, losing my favorite stuffed animal or being forced to eat a dreaded vegetable. As I got older, my fears took on a different shape: fear of punishment, fear of others not liking me, fear of failure. And then as ( Read more... )