GET OUT OF THE WAY. A couple of days ago, someone offered me an opportunity that would have made a huge difference to my life and given me the chance to live with more freedom. As I was processing this offer I heard myself automatically begin to speak about all the reasons why I couldn’t have this opportunity and one part of my mind was actively shoving forward an old belief system about how there must be a catch or it was inevitable that something bad would happen because s

When we remove the problems that have become the focus of our life, how do we replant the barren land? I remember as a child being in awe of all of the elder women in my mother's family who had more ailments than anyone could shake a stick at. I'd sit enthralled listening to them compare ailments for hours. By the time I was 10 my vocabulary was full of strange and unfamiliar words such as lumbago and diverticulitis. I remember the most fascinating sight one time of my Nan