Have you recently had a major change in your life?  A divorce?  A death?  A child leaving home?  Retirement?  The loss of one of your familiar responsibilities?  Major changes such as these can alter who you are and the responsibilities you have.  Even if you have not had a major change, you are most certainly [...]

How many times have you heard people talking about how they have found their purpose in life? And do you chime in and share your purpose?  Or do you just kind of slink into the background because you haven’t a clue what your purpose in life may be. Finding one’s purpose in life has become [...]

Many people are strong believers in the use of Positive Affirmations in their lives.  In spite of, or because of, my training in hypnotherapy and other modalities dealing with the subconscious, I have very mixed feelings about positive affirmations. Many people have great results – others do not.  Why?  Perhaps those getting good results are [...]

Image by zoomar via Flickr Have you tried hypnosis yet? You might refer to my post: Hypnosis – Does It Work? You can learn a few things about hypnosis by reading that. The problem with hypnosis is that most people do not understand it. They think the hypnotherapist is “controlling” their mind and “forcing” them [...]

It is 12:45 AM and sleep eludes me. Have you ever wondered if any of those “alternative” types of therapy really work?  I used to think they only worked on those who were a little what we in Asheville call “wooie-wooie”.  In other words, you had to be a little on the ethereal side of [...]

Again, I have been away from this site and ask your tolerance of my randomness. I was surprised that I had received many comments from readers. Thank you for that. However, I do not understand why they are mostly listed under my “about” page. Guess I need to look into that. To answer a couple [...]

This afternoon my sister mentioned the last post that I had written as it had included some thoughts on grieving.  We had just recently experienced the unexpected loss of her son. Anyway, after we hung up the phone I took a look and was surprised that it had been so long since I had written [...]

Do you ever feel like life is crashing down upon your head? Everything thing that can happen – does! I’ve had a month of that which is why I  have been away.  But being around others experiencing the same crashes got me to thinking about how differently people handle the same situation. Some people fall [...]

Life is so complex!  We are always dealing with the stress that life brings us.  One of those stressers is STUFF! How much stuff do you need?  How much stuff do you have? Stuff takes up an inordinate amount of our time and energy.  Once we purchase it and bring it into our homes, we [...]

Have you ever failed at anything in your life? Of course! Everyone has at one time or another. Failure is difficult. What you do with it is what is important. Do you know that we often need to fail in order to succeed? No one I know goes right into a project and gets it [...]