FALC

  • Unmet Needs

    The concept that unmet needs drive our worlds, and cause blindness to reality, is the most insightful.  It totally explains the dynamics of a dysfunctional home.  The core of word dysfunction really. Here is the deal.  In a dysfunctional home,… Continue reading

  • Convinced Wrongly

    I wonder about the mass shootings and their correlation to our thoughts. In that, it is the mind who believes that there are superior colors, sex, nationality, sexual preferences, lifestyles, religions etc. We want to quickly ban guns; but nothing… Continue reading

  • Quality of Life

    "The Mind will determine the quality of life" author unknown. This simple statement is extremely profound.   We often assume that there are outside sources that dictate the value of our lives; but having a healthy free open mind is… Continue reading

  • Who I am.

    One of the books by my nightstand is "Trust" by Iyanla Vanzant So far I have highlighted many sentences. "Trust is a function of choice" I love this.  I also believe, that when we literally allow ourselves the freedom of… Continue reading

  • In Our Own Circle.

    I have been asked to do a presentation for our local chapter of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) on March 9th.  I had to look up the definition of Alliance – "association formed for mutual benefit". I look forward… Continue reading

  • They Call Love…and Faith

    Are you controlled IF you agree with the sentiment that is controlling you?  Are you held prisoner if you want to be there?  If you gave up your rights to your own body to be loved and accepted, are you… Continue reading

  • Neutralizes Shame

    "The opposite of shame is empathy"  Brene Brown I caught the beginning of an act of shame.  As I drove away, the context of what was happening dawned on me.  He was trying to shame them into good behavior. Is… Continue reading

  • Soul Felt Its Worth

    "Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness."  Alejandro Jodorowsky I have had the honor in talking to some young women, who have recently left the religion they were born in, and they shared how oddly they are… Continue reading

  • Save Themselves

    "Kicking the drug of Certainty…" was a phrase in Gloria Steinem's book "My Life on the Road". If you sit down with the concept of certainty, or perhaps your belief in whatever you are certain about, it shuts down anything… Continue reading

  • Able to live.

    "I am living my mother's un-lived life"  Gloria Steinem While listening to Gloria speak to Oprah…I heard her say these words. I know this to be true. There is a life that is beyond what we set out doing. A… Continue reading