An excellent place to start is to reflect on how much you trust yourself.
Think about it for a moment. On a trust scale of one to ten, where are you? One is no trust, and 10 is complete trust.
First, you must trust yourself to build and maintain healthy trust in your close relationships.
Learning the Enneagram can help you increase trust in your relationship.
Read MoreGod is a big word. You and I have different images of God. When I refer to God, I am talking about an energy/force within and around you that connects everything, both animate and inanimate.
It is the higher power within us that speaks to us through our bodies (sensations), hearts (emotions) and heads (quiet mind).
God is a loving force that seeks to bring out the best in each of us and sustain a world where all life has a chance to thrive.
There is the spark of God in each of us. It is not something we earn. It is a gift given to us to be used wisely and with compassion.
The good news is that God is within all of us.
Read MoreWhat does it mean for you? There are many different ways to be a spiritual person.
You can be a spiritual person in and outside of religion. Spirituality is about recognizing and experiencing the life force that connects you with everything animate and inanimate. It connects you with a greater power that humans have given many names.
If you are part of a faith community, you might refer to this power as God, Allah, Goddess, Mohammad, Jesus, Budah and many more.
The major religions of the world have much to teach us about spirituality. No religion is better than another; they are just different.
They all came into being to help people live joyful, meaningful and purposeful lives. People who inspired the great religions of the world saw a need to build more caring and just communities.
What does it mean for you to be a spiritual person?
Religion has done great things, such as ending slavery, providing education for all, standing up for civil rights, bringing down the iron curtain and more.
Also, terrible things happen in the name of religion, such as the crusade, antisemitism, promotion of slavery, division, extremist ideology, Islamaphobia and Christian nationalism.
If you are part of a faith tradition, find a person who can help you to learn your tradition, letting go of what no longer serves you and practising traditions that give you life. Each religion has a different lens to experience spirituality.
In the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Islam and Christianity), a good guide would be to follow the great commandment to love God with all your heart, be kind to yourself and love your neighbour as yourself.
As much of the world has become more secular, spirituality has taken on a life beyond the world's religions. I am going to focus on finding spirituality outside of organized religion.
The irony is that many practices used in the secular world have origins in religion.
How would you describe your understanding of what it means to be a spiritual person to a friend?
Read MoreGoing through a divorce may have been one of the most challenging times in your life. Now that you are through the divorce, you can move ahead. You now have a fantastic opportunity to do a life reset. Now is a time to heal and discern what is most vital for you to live your life. It is time to claim your new life after divorce.
Read MoreYou hunger for relationships. It is so exciting when you find the right person. Yet you are scared because your relationships never last longer than two months.
When your relationship gets near the end of two months, your inner critic works hard to end your connection to prevent you from being hurt.
Becoming self-aware of your inner critic will help you to stop self-sabotaging relationships.
The good news is that you can have long-lasting relationships. With greater awareness, you will notice when you get caught in the old stories that get you into trouble in your relationships.
Here are 8 ways to stop self-sabotaging relationships:
Read MoreGod is a big word! What does God mean for you? There are many ways to refer to God:
· Father
· Mother
· Oneness
· Allah
· Goddess
· Mother Earth
· Friend
You can probably think of many other names for God.
For me, God is the divine energy that connects all of life, both animate and inanimate.
God connects through your heart. Listen for the yearnings of your heart to discover what God is calling you to live out. Every time you respond to God, your heart will feel a little softer.
Read MoreYour divorce is over, and you are wondering if you are ready to begin a new relationship. It is never wise to jump into a new relationship quickly. If you are honest with yourself, you will know when you are ready.
This in-between time is an excellent opportunity to reflect on this question: what are you looking for in a relationship? Take the time to learn from past relationships to clarify what you need and what would be nice.
You are among many who believe they are never good enough. You probably do not broadcast this to the world, but your inner critic is always trying to put you down.
Your inner critic wants to keep you safe, and the only way it knows to keep you comfortable is keeping you from trying anything new. It hopes that telling you that you are never good enough will stop you from any new adventures.
The good news is that you can quiet your inner critic with practice by showing that you can take care of yourself.
The enneagram is a psychological-spiritual tool that can help you be your best self by helping you to connect with your inner wisdom.
There are nine different personality types, and you have all nine points within you. Your type represents the box you get stuck in when you are experiencing stress.
The enneagram can get you out of your box by getting you in touch with your three centers of intelligence. It helps to peel off all the lies you tell yourself.
Your enneagram type can help you to observe yourself in action. It will show you what to look out for, allowing you to know whether you are moving towards stress or integration. The more you work on this, the more presence you will experience.
Read MoreYou love your children. They grow up so fast, and you cannot imagine life without them. Then what seems like too soon, they are ready to move away from home for university, college, or a new job.
You are seeing them off at the airport. You go home with tears of love and sadness. You are already missing them. It is hard to come home to an empty nest.
Read MoreI offer coaching to individuals, couples and small businesses and nonprofits. I use the Deep Coaching model that helps one to become self aware and present. It helps both individuals and organizations to live in the present instead of the past and future. This type of coaching is for those who really want real change in their lives.
When you make an Appointment you are consenting to accept the Privacy of Policy of Acuity Scheduling. Click Here for more Information
