On the particular cruelty of being left out

February 24, 2026
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This topic gets more comments than just about anything else I post here. I think it's universal. Being left out on purpose has a particular cruelty to it. It's...
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1 Comments · Inspiration, Opinion, Spirituality

Eric Dane’s last words

February 20, 2026
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Eric Dane was handsome, gifted, and yes, tormented. He died only 10 months after revealing his ALS diagnosis. It took a while to diagnose, as is common with ALS....
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4 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

Put a little love in your heart

February 13, 2026
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Why the world needs love now, more than ever Everywhere we turn these days, it seems the world is moving faster, shouting louder, and forgetting the quiet power of...
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6 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

Hot cocoa for your soul

February 9, 2026
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Mid-winter is hot cocoa time, both literally and figuratively. Something to soothe body and soul is just the ticket for the Valentine season. So a cup of comforting hot...
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8 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Recipes, Soul School

Why I believe in past lives

February 4, 2026
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Full disclosure: I am a past-life regressionist and often guide people to visit their past lives. But is it real? The Case for Reincarnation Reincarnation is often...
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6 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Inspiration, Soul School, Spirituality

Give yourself the grace of letting go

January 28, 2026
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The Grace of Letting Go As the years gather behind us, life begins to whisper its truest lessons. One of the gentlest—and the hardest—is this: we cannot keep...
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5 Comments · Healthy Living, Inspiration

Nostalgia and reality: two sides of a coin

January 26, 2026
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The 1960s float in my memory like a haze of sunlight through a beaded curtain. Golden afternoons, music drifting from a transistor radio, the kind of melodies that...
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9 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

Why we’re so stressed today — and what to do ab...

January 21, 2026
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'Tis the post-holiday season when stress relief is on the agenda. (or relief, alone!) If you’ve noticed that stress feels like the default setting for so many...
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15 Comments · Blog, Healthy Living, Inspiration

How far would you go for a loved one?

January 19, 2026
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How far would you go? I read an article in The Atlantic recently about a mom whose son suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. He was left in what...
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6 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

The emotional violence of needing to be right

January 15, 2026
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There is a violence in the way some people insist on being right. Of aggressively insisting their view prevail. They don’t just want to be understood—they want to...
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5 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

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