I was walking my dog Sampson in the early hours of the evening recently when I glanced up at the bright spots that were gradually appearing in the sky. I noticed one that was sufficiently bright such that it was clearly visible, and as the veil of darkness gradually shrouded the remaining daylight, it became […]

I found an old journal from 2009. I must have gotten it for Christmas that year, because it was filled with New Year’s desires and goals for 2010. It was sweet and sort of sad to read about what I was wanting to create back then. The good news was that I have done all […]

Over the years, I have worked with many writers who dream of writing a book that will help serve humanity. Much of the time, the writer has experienced some sort of deep trauma, gone through a healing journey because of that trauma, and then come out on the other side with a unique perspective on […]

I was walking my dog in the woods yesterday when it hit me like a ton of bricks. CONSCIOUSNESS. Wham.  It was The Frying Pan of Truth whacking me over the head. It was a gorgeous day, a perfect fall day, the kind we only get here in New England. Crisp fall air like a […]

One of my students asked me the other day about the positives of being an INFJ writer. The question made me stop and think because I realized that, although we talk a lot about the struggles of being an INFJ writer, rarely do we pause to appreciate the gifts. And there are plenty of gifts, […]

The new year is a time for setting fresh goals and making plans for self-improvement. Unfortunately, most New Year’s resolutions fail. So, why do our resolutions fail? One reason that our resolutions fail is that they are often too big. We have a cultural mindset of the new year or new beginnings as fresh starts, […]

Breath. It’s something you can be aware of or turn over to your autonomic nervous system, which is linked directly into your survival instinct, and your body just . . . well, knows how to breathe. So you don’t have to think about it or put your attention directly on it. It just happens by […]

I turned the corner to head to the nearby park, my two dogs Sampson and Scout meandering alongside me, when I spotted her. I stopped in my tracks, took a deep breath, and felt my body relax. For several moments I gazed at her timeless beauty, glowing brightly, surrounded by a faint necklace of orange-yellow […]

In my last article, One Easy Way to Tell the Difference Between Fear and Intuition, I talked about the exact way that fear feels different from intuition, and how you can learn how to feel this difference yourself and use it to separate the two. That article triggered a flurry of questions from my readers about how to […]

The greatest gift that we can give to ourselves and give to others is to heal. But healing is difficult. In part because it means that we have to find a way to step out of conditions that hold us down, trap us in behaviors that we know are not healthy, and prevent us from […]