Like many of us in today's world, I am someone that is always on the go. I run my own reiki practice, manage my wellness center, tend to family matters...the house, shopping, cleaning, and occasionally cooking (ok "rarely" cooking is more accurate). There is always something on my To Do list. I do one task while I'm already planning how I would accomplish the next one. Although this might be a great way to multi-task, it is not such a great way to live a peaceful and balanced

Most of us have experienced love in our lives...love from friends, family, children, pets, a spouse or partner. If we are lucky, we may find a true love relationship with our soul mate. This soul mate connection is unlike any other love we may experience...the bond seems to be instant and the ties stronger. At 9months old, my Newfy Goliath had a passive aggressive behavior of dropping his then 90lb body to the ground in protest of anything he did not want to do...get into th

Loki catching snow flakes I am sure you are like me, crazy around the holiday season. It doesn't seem to matter whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza, or Yule....the holidays equal stress. It is the season of rushing too much, spending too much, doing too much, and eating too much. We all have our own ideas of how we want the holidays to go each year. "This year will be better", or "This year we will all get along"...we all have our own expectations. But with all

When I look in the mirror there are days I say, "hmmm not so bad." Then there are other days when all I see are the wrinkles, the tired eyes, or the too tight jeans. I know I am not alone, I know that many of us have this response. Too often we become our own worst critics. The things we say to our reflections we would never say to a friend we care about. Can you imagine meeting a friend for coffee, looking at her and saying..."wow you gained weight".....or "you look awful to

I am a woman of little patience, I take after my father. I am not sure if it comes from always having someone to meet or someplace to go and too much to do. I would rather drive 15 minutes to another restaurant than to wait anything longer than 10 minutes. I know this makes no sense, but I do it. And waiting in lines, forget it. I can't tell you how many great pairs of shoes I have left behind due to the line in a department store. When we leave our dogs in the morning to go