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New Year’s resolutions don’t work. According to statistics, 62% of Americans set New Year’s resolutions. Only 8% of those resolutions are successfully achieved. Wow! Not very good odds. Sure we all hope for a better financial position, to lose some extra weight, improve our self, a better relationship, to let go of unhealthy habits such [...]
There is a space. A space left vacant when we change, change any part of our self. It won’t stay empty for long, as this is the portal through which the new arrives. So much is changing now, individually and collectively. We are on the threshold of what some are referring to as The New World.
Nature is amazing. One thing I have learned is that we can always go to Nature for answers and guidance. Being still and present in Nature allows inspiration to flow. Nature is healing. This is the basis of ecopsychology. This summer I was told, “You just don’t get it.” The conversation was left at [...]
Active listening is a vital skill that should be developed through practice. Most of us do not give our full attention when we are listening but are planning on what to say next or we are judging or evaluating what is being said.
I’ve been at a crossroads of sorts. I haven’t been putting much effort into my blog or writing lately. It’s an easy place to find yourself. There are so many of us out there, saying the same thing, some more eloquently than others. And creeping in are the thoughts of, “Why bother?” And that little [...]
The Butterfly by Nikos Kazantzakis I remember one morning when I discovered a cocoon in the back of a tree just as a butterfly was making a hole in its case and preparing to come out. I waited awhile, but it was too long appearing and I was impatient. I bent over it and breathed [...]
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” ~Rachel Carson I spent a lot of my time as a child mesmerized by the ways of water. Wandering a little way from our house in New Hampshire, I would find myself immersed in another world. The [...]
Buried deep are lost, maybe forgotten treasures. I’ve been spending time redesigning the Whole Living Today blog making easier to navigate. In doing so, posts from the early days have been unearthed. Here are a few of the more popular older posts: The Seesaw An Island of Feelings Signposts Along the Path of Spiritual Growth [...]
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