When you’ve been knocked down, there is one question above all else to ask yourself…

When we know our life purpose, we know the gifts we are here to give. Defining what we are here to contribute helps clarify what and who to focus on and eliminates aimlessness.

If we can learn to listen to and decipher our body’s interior messages, we can find a way out of the confused and stuck quality burnout shackles us with.

Developing emotional strength requires then that we be willing to let go of what we think should or shouldn’t happen, what’s right or wrong, what’s good or bad. Instead, we bring a quality of openness, receptivity, even a welcoming to whatever it is that we experience, even if it is initially unpleasant.

There is a powerful antidote to the Inner Critic, but you will need to learn how to cultivate it: self-compassion. The more warmth you can give yourself, the less the Inner Critic needs to take over.

I’ve come across so many books, so many teachers and teachings over the years, but only a few fit into the category of friend and teacher. Here I share 12 of the most significant books to me. I dare say that I love these authors. It is my sincere hope that you do, too.

The point of all practice is to bring us to the heart of our innate wisdom.  It is not to end up more disciplined.  Paul Meuller-Ortega aptly said, "Eventually as Seekers, we must become Finders."

Sometime in the middle of life, most of us wake up to the realization that in spite of the energy we've put into our careers, roles, and relationships, something else wants to find expression.

When we show up to practice, we're saying, "I could just watch TV or sleep a few more hours. I could give in to inertia or the anxiety or sadness or boredom, but I know that I am more than this.”

Most of our 20’s are spent trying on lots of different masks. We pick up ‘the partier mask’ and then put it down. Then we try on ‘the professional mask’ and then put that one down. During the ages between 28 and 30, we take a few masks that do work and fit and refine them into a persona that works for what our soul needs to learn in our 30’s.