Stepping Out of Darkness (and into the Light)

Yesterday was the shortest, darkest day of the year, in a year that for many people was filled with unfathomable darkness. If your life was turned upside down, filled with fear, sadness and loneliness or worse, (I had bouts with all of this plus anger, frustration and confusion), I’ve decided to get out a shovel […]

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Time For More Pleasure Now!!

Are you having ENOUGH pleasure in your life right now in the midst of all the craziness? Are you willing to have MORE PLEASURE NOW? Right now, is the perfect time to UP your pleasure puppy game, build your oxytocin levels which in turn will reduce your stress and free you up to have more […]

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Five Ways to Make Your Home Shelter-in-Place Friendly

How long have we been stuck at home now? Has it really been months? Ask your home how it feels from your climbing its proverbial walls, and it may well be ready for a refresh too. Recently I’ve gotten serious about “refreshing” our house, from having the carpets cleaned to replacing some furniture, filling boxes […]

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7 Steps to have MORE LOVE in your life

Love is quite simply the most precious possession in existence. And my mission is to share the best insights I know to bring more love into each of your lives. Today I want to share the most powerful way to create MORE LOVE in your life NOW. These beautiful insights come from my dear friend […]

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Navigating Chaos with Grace & Ease

My dear friend, the wise and beautiful Rev. Cynthia James, sent out a blog the other day filled with important and potent advice on dealing with the times we are in. She has graciously given me permission to share this with you: These last few months have been quite a ride. A pandemic, social unrest, […]

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Watching Barbra Streisand on Oprah Changed My Love Life

One evening in November 1996, I turned on my VHS (remember that?) to watch a taped episode of The Oprah Show. Her special guest was Barbra Streisand who was glowing and giddy as she discussed her tall, dark and handsome fiancé, actor James Brolin. Back then, I lived in Beverly Hills, and the dish around […]

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Is the Universe Friendly?

You probably already know that Albert Einstein, who won a Nobel Prize for Physics, and was famous for his theory of relativity, which revolutionized our understanding of space, time, gravity, and the Universe, was a genius. But did you also know he was quite the philosopher? Einstein wrote that the most important question facing humanity […]

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Being With What Is

We are now a full six months into living with the Corona pandemic. For me, and most everyone I know, it’s been a very bumpy ride. It’s kind of like white-water river rafting. Periods of smooth tranquil waters followed by occasional terrifying rapids where I’m holding on tight, hoping not to capsize. There’s no map. […]

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Sitting Shiva for America

I woke up this morning feeling a sense of great loss, loss for so many things…the loss of civility in our country, the loss of life from Covid, and cancer, and guns, and innocent black men and women being killed, innocent protesters being gunned down, the violence in our streets. The seemingly impossible divide between […]

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Relationship Role Modeling from the Obamas

Sixteen years ago Barack and Michelle Obama’s marriage was about to crumble. Michelle told her mother she wasn’t sure their marriage would survive. Barack told his grandmother that Michelle’s constant nagging was driving him crazy. They were drowning in debt from the Ivy League law school loans. Michelle was the major breadwinner with her high […]

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