Cultivating Consciousness

By Jakeb Brock One of the keys to progressing on the spiritual path is the practice of mindfulness, or getting in touch with one’s higher Self. This is actually the essence of what it means to be conscious. All of us have an inner core of spiritual consciousness that is …

By Theresa Puskar It’s been over three months since the quarantine began. While some of us are working from home, some are slowly starting to return to their workplaces, and others still have been laid off. While some of us have taken to the streets to protest on behalf of …

By Angel Carlton – Whenever we experience any sort of unexpected change or unpredictable circumstance in our lives, it’s either shocking, surprising, or stops us in our tracks. Every time, life offers us a choice on how to respond. We either accept what’s happening, slip into denial, or avoid it all together, and keep white knuckling through life. If you choose to avoid the situation and keep sweeping it under the rug, …

By Julie Brannen – Imagine for a moment a space where you could say anything, do anything, be anything. Imagine that you are held in deep compassion, reverence and approval of your darkest aspects. Imagine that you are deeply seen, heard, felt and understood without judgment, fear of persecution or …

By Patti Ashley, Ph.D.  Current research has discovered that the heart, not the brain, is the regulatory organ. To feel safe and secure, the head and the heart have to be in coherence. Stressful emotions such as anger, frustration and anxiety create irregular and erratic heartbeats, or what is known …

By Charles Garfield, Ph.D.  I’ve been fascinated by the way that feeling gratitude in the moment changes not only the moment, but also our relationship with past and future. It eases our way through time. At 75, I can’t pretend that challenges and unwelcome change don’t come thick and fast …

  By Linda Carroll  When we think about what we’re looking for in a partner, one of the most important criteria is someone who can love and value us as the unique beings we are, with all of our imperfections and strengths. Our partner’s acceptance instills in us feelings of …

By Debra Landwehr Engle Imagine that a three–year–old says to you, “I’m bad. I don’t deserve to be loved.” How would you respond? Without hesitation, you would scoop up that three–year–old in your arms and say, “Of course, you deserve to be loved. Don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise!” …

  By Tiffany Hinton  As our community struggles with the COVID-19 crisis, mothers are experiencing great changes as they try to find the “new normal.”This is especially true of working mothers, both those who worked outside the home and “momeprenuers” who own businesses and work from a home office. The …

By Lisa Brazelton  The changes being forced upon us from the COVID-19 virus have altered the very landscape from which we view life. The way we see, think and feel has been tinted with new colors from the Divine Artist’s palette, where light shines on the darkness of dysfunction and …