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Thought for today: March 25, 2015

If we stay present with ourselves, life opens up to reveal all roads ahead – we have choice to respond, to act, to move towards the infinite. When we are distracted by fear – we have little choice – only

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Thought for today: March 24, 2015

What if what was hidden inside was not awful. How wonderful to be able to explore what is within – that can be uncovered, discovered and welcomed. Imagine that all of it is good & wise. Travel down secret passageways

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Thought for today: March 18, 2015

Look into yourself through a golden thread veil at who you really are. No need to avoid anything – no need to hide from the truth, or lie to yourself. Look in at yourself through the goodness veil with curiosity

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Thought for today: March 13, 2015

Be Yourself – accomplish your dreams! – sounds obvious, but not really. How often do you think, “I’m not as good as…they won’t like me…or accept me…? Then the merry-go-round of “who do I need to be to be with

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Thought for today: March 10, 2015

“The Habit of Everything” – The reason I say this is because habit is pervasive and it keeps us from making mindful choices. It is about unconscious, automatic reactions to life, rather than conscious, deliberate actions based on how we

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Thought for today: March 7, 2015

There is so much more to who we are than our physical form. It’s sometimes difficult to remember that when our culture promotes so much attention on our outward appearance. However, paying attention to our inner selves and all the

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Thought for today: March 6, 2015

It’s a fact that we don’t recognize our Greatness enough. Instead, we are conditioned to think negatively of ourselves – see our faults, what we do wrong, why others couldn’t possibly like us. When our body aches, we immediately think

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India: My Return to the Source

Seeking Truth in the Land of Knowledge, Wisdom & Love There is something wonderfully compelling about India.  Once you have experienced her colourful beauty and felt her spiritual vibration, you are attracted back like iron filings to a magnet. I

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Six Strategies for Emotional Sobriety over the Holidays

This time of year, with its seeming emphasis of “Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All” can nonetheless be a very challenging  time for many.  It can dredge up memories from early years that included alcoholism, poverty, stress and/or disappointment. 

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Vancouver Couples Counselling Helps Embattled Spouses Work Things Out

More than 70,000 divorce cases are filed in Canada every year, a third of them involving first-time couples. Loss of intimacy is cited as a leading cause. Meanwhile, more than two-thirds of women initiate divorce. There’s a lot of talk

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Vancouver Counselling Experts Explain the Worst ‘Scars’ are Invisible

In her book Mistral’s Kiss, Laurell K. Hamilton writes: “There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” For the thousands of Canadian soldiers who have returned from Afghanistan, this

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Are you as smart as an 8 Year old?

Unexpected Surprises  I love brain science.  It fascinates me and I appreciate how much it helps us to understand why we do the things we do – both the things that are troublesome  and the things that excite our imaginations.

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