"The beautiful thing about fear is that when you run to it, it runs away." ~Robin Sharma
During my first-grade choir concert, my classmate, Meg, fainted from the top row of the bleachers, and in a subconscious gesture of empathy, …
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"What you tell yourself every day will lift you up or tear you down. Choose wisely." ~Unknown
It was a story I just couldn't get out of my head. A young teen had died in a town not far from …
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"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you." ~Deepak Chopra
I found my peace in New York City, where I spent a year as a consultant on a temporary work assignment.
It may seem counter-intuitive that …
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"You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won't discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself." ~Geneen Roth
I've …
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"You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of your own false thoughts." ~Philip Arnold
Every meditator knows the dilemma of trying to find that perfectly quiet place to meditate, where silence is the golden rule …
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