Gratitude Category
Leaping Into Space – Preparing a Book Launch
Posted on November 5, 2015 6 Comments
Preparing to launch a book is like jumping out of an airplane. Sure, you’ve practiced, studied, and prepared but it still takes your breath away when you take that first leap into space. And that’s what I feel now. Leap with me HERE. At the beginning of the year, my goal was to complete three […]
Gifted by Grief – An Enlightening Journey
Posted on September 8, 2015 2 Comments
When Jane Duncan Rogers’ husband Philip, died in 2009, grief’s vulnerability and pain of loss initially overwhelmed her despite her background as a personal coach, spiritual practitioner, and psychologist. But over time she came to recognize the gifts grief brings to life and shares them in her courageously moving book, Gifted by Grief, A True Story […]
Looking Out on Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska
Posted on September 5, 2015 5 Comments
Photo by John Pratt August 2015
Your One Super Power Subdues All
Posted on July 26, 2015 5 Comments
Begin your Gratitude Practice Today Gratitude overcomes pain, despair, grief, depression, poverty, and heartache. You can wake up feeling as if your life has no purpose or meaning. But, you look out upon a clear blue sky, gaze on fields of colorful flowers, watch eagles glide on wind waves. Thank you flows from your heart, […]
Life in Alaska – Two Year Reflections – No. 1
Posted on July 19, 2015 14 Comments
Yesterday, July 18th, was our second year anniversary of living in Homer, Alaska. I’ve shared some of our experiences in past blogs. But, since I’ve been on a minor hiatus of posting, I felt this would be a good way to return to consistent communication. Every now and then, I’ll share reflections written during our first few months […]
How Any Body Can Practice Hatha Yoga
Posted on July 9, 2015 4 Comments
Begin your yoga practice with Yogasteya Have you longed to enjoy the healthful benefits of yoga you’ve heard so much about but feel you’re too large, too overweight, too old? Well, you’re not. Yoga is for any type of body. Dianne Bondy, founder of Yogasteya, gently guides you into a hatha yoga practice that fits […]
Joy and Expectation
Posted on June 22, 2015 7 Comments
Please join me HERE What’s your morning ritual to prepare for the day before you jump out of bed? Years ago, I began doing two stretches for my back and legs to relieve soreness before I got up. Later, I learned a simple Buddhist prayer to say as a blessing and protection for the day. […]
A BookWorks Featured Author
Posted on April 16, 2015 20 Comments
On Tuesday, 04/14/2015, I received a surprise e-mail. This week, BookWorks featured me on their home page, with a link to my profile. This designation is usually reserved for their paid premium members, which I haven’t become yet. BookWorks is an association of self-published authors that provides a basic free membership. This membership gives access to a resources directory, book […]
Enjoy My VF Novella – for Free
Posted on February 28, 2015 12 Comments
Click HERE for your free novella. VF is visionary fiction, a genre defined by novelist Jodine Turner in a Writer’s Journal article in 2009. “The emphasis is on our limitless human potential, where transformation and evolution are entirely possible.” A VF work features: Growth of consciousness as the central theme Reincarnation, dreams, visions, paranormal events, and metaphysical […]
A Little Black History – Part 2
Posted on February 19, 2015 7 Comments
This is the second part of the collaboration Brian and I created several years ago.