Books

  • Emotions the Facts bring with them.

    Again, from "Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender" by David Hawkins. "There is a simple way to become conscious of the underlying emotional goal behind any activity through the use of the question, "What for?"  With each answer, "What for?"… Continue reading

  • “Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender

    In "Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender" by David Hawkins, he writes… "Feelings and Mental mechanisms" "We have three major ways of handling feelings: suppression, expression, and escape. We will discuss each in turn." 1. Suppression and repression. These are… Continue reading

  • “The New Codependency”

    I am reading "The New Codependency" by Melody Beattie.   She writes; "Years after writing "Codependent No More, I was haunted by the fear that loving myself would make me lazy and self-indulgent.  It took a long time to know… Continue reading

  • About Me

    I am reading "Zimzum of Love" by Rob and Kristen Bell. "Zimzum (originally tzimtzum) is a Hebrew word used in the rabbinic tradition to talk about the creation of the world – not in a scientific way but more like… Continue reading

  • By Being Me.

    I really enjoyed listening to Melody Beattie's book "The New Codependency" she wrote this many years after her best seller, "Codependency No More".   Codependency is much more pervasive than one might think and it has very little to do with… Continue reading

  • Through your feelings!

    I have been listening to Melody Beattie's book, "The New Codependency"  and I am finding many things that I agree with or that I am surprised in hearing. Like "The opposite of Repression is Expression"…she is talking about feelings. When… Continue reading

  • This moment of time…

    "Are you aware that anxiety is a form of "Doing?"   (Conscious Parenting) "One of the most common forms of "doing" that we use to cover up our inability to just be is anxiety." "When parents react to their circumstances… Continue reading

  • Be Themselves!

    "As a result of the damage I have seen so many children inflicted with at the hands of unwitting parents, I suggest we remove ourselves from the pedestal of approval-giving by telling ourselves each day, "I ask to be released… Continue reading

  • Short of Perfect.

    "Many of us exude an energy that screams, "Life better satisfy my needs!" Driven by this energy, we seek to extract pleasure from life in the exact package we think we require. Because we are steeped in this demanding energy,… Continue reading

  • Bring Gifts to you…

    Yesterday afternoon while mowing the grass, I was awestruck by the sheer wonder of our apple tree in full bloom. I marveled at its ability to just re-do this every year….faithfully.  It is simply incredible, that from grey barren branches… Continue reading