Inspiration for living your best life
YOU… Squared!
This summer, I spent a lot of time reading, writing and reflecting. One of the most influential books I read is just 36 pages long, but is power packed with…
Smells Transport Us
This morning I smelled the smell of rain on fresh green leaves and I was transported… Transported to walks in the Wisconsin woods with my Grandma Sterling, transported to swinging…
From Dial-Up to High Speed
Today, my parents’ whole world changed. Today we installed high speed internet and a wireless router at my parents’ home to compliment the iMac I gave them for their anniversary.…
Quantum Leap
I took a quantum leap today – literally and figuratively. I jumped out of a plane from 10,000 feet! This is something I said I would never do… until this…
Gratitude On A Country Road
This morning, I took a walk down a country road…. that’s sort of all they have up here in Castle Rock, WA. For 30 minutes I didn’t see another soul,…
Moments of Magnificence
This week I embarked on a road trip. My destination on day one was beautiful Yosemite Valley. What a spectacular work of Mother Nature. As I came in the South…
Detox Your Schedule
I am in the middle of teaching a six-week class called Detox Your Life. Discover More Joy. This week’s focus is on detoxing our schedules. This is one of those things that…
Turning Business Failure Into Personal Success: Life Lessons Learned from a Failed Green Business
What do you do when you get exactly what you asked for, only to discover it wasn’t what you really wanted? This is the question I found myself asking last…
I Need Meditation Because…
I need meditation because… I need to breathe with my Self. I need to connect with my Self. I need to BE with my Self.
Simple Steps to Seasonal Fruits and Veggies
If you want to find out what fruits and vegetables are in season in your part of the United States, there is a great tool made available by simplesteps.org. Just…
Pasta With The Preacher
Pasta With The Preacher is an annual dinner tradition at my church, full of friendly conversation, belly-laugh entertainment, and plenty of pasta. This year, things were different. Alongside the veggie…
Food Combining for Perfect Health
Deepak Chopra, in his classic book Perfect Heath, says that perfect health begins with perfect digestion. When I first read his book in 1995, this idea was transformational for me.…
Giving Thanks… In The Raw
Thanksgiving can be a time to celebrate being Raw… and introduce the rest of the family to some delicious, gorgeous raw treats. These are some of my absolute favorites. Try…
The Amazing Power of Raw Food
If you want to experience ridiculous amounts of energy, crystal clear mental clarity, more creativity and outrageous joy, raw food is the way to do it. I went raw about…
Green for the Holidays… Smoothie that is!
Today’s Observation I’m going green for the Holidays – Green Smoothies that is. I’ve been 100% raw for 3 months and now it just feels like a given. OK, I…
A Promise and the Reasons to Believe
Today’s Observations I recently participated in a marketing meeting at an organization I’m involved with. To get at our core message, we asked ourselves these questions – What is the…
34 Sun Salutations on Day 34
Today’s Observations My yoga teacher (Kori Stroble) is celebrating her 34th birthday and invited her students to join her tonight for a special yoga practice. The core of the practice…
30 Days Raw – Day 29: Lessons from a Shih Tzu
Today’s Observations For the past three days, I have had the pleasure of taking care of my friend Charisse’s Shih Tzu – Phoebe. Besides being just about the cutest darn…
30 Days Raw – Day 25 and Feeling Alive
Today’s Observations I’ve just completed day 25 and I am still feeling really good with really high energy. My mental clarity is one of the biggest changes I have noticed. …
30 Days Raw – Day 24: Technological Challenges
Today’s Observations I flew back home to Laguna Beach today from my parent’s house in Castle Rock. As it turned out, the most challenging part of my visit was not…
30 Days Raw – Day 23: The Greatest Love of All
Today’s Observations I’ve had that Whitney Houston song stuck in my head all day… The greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all inside…
30 Days Raw – Day 22: Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Eating Raw
Today’s Observations I find that some people are downright dumbfounded by my “diet”. My aunt who was visiting for my Dad’s birthday, kept commenting on all the things I couldn’t…
30 Days Raw – Day 21: A Lesson In Giving
Today’s Observations Today was my Dad’s much anticipated 80th birthday party. It was the kind of humble celebration that one would expect in this small rural town. Card tables set…
30 Days Raw – Day 20: Surrrprise, Surrrprise, Surrrprise
Today’s Observations I have always been struck by how delicious raw food is. When I first went raw, that was the thing that surprised me most – it was actually really, really good. …
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