There comes a time to say “what the fudge” and follow the heart instead of the head!

Being a very logical person all of my life, I have learned to, and relied upon, using my smarts to ensure I had a job with enough money to support myself - put food on the table, warm c...

The world we live in is getting faster and faster and our minds are becoming a cacophony of thoughts and emotions. 

The Egoic Mind is a state of mind in which the ego is in control of your thoughts and emotions and is characterized by negative self-talk and unhelpful t...

THE LIGHTHOUSE

I have an image in my mind of a magnificent lighthouse that stands on the edge of the ocean on a beautiful island somewhere on the globe. This is a very special lighthouse. I have created the lighthouse from my life lessons, my life experiences and inform...

Definition:  The action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream

I have always valued my ability to carve out my own individual path without feeling the need to ‘follow the pack’. My goal is to learn and seek truths, strengthen and expand my heart, connect...

Q:  What has been the biggest surprise in my first year of retirement in a foreign country? 

A:  How hard it has been spending all day every day with my beloved husband!

Now don’t get me wrong, I love my husband and I love spending time with him BUT, all day every d...

I wasn’t aware that I wasn’t aware!

Before you delete and move on with your day, allow me to briefly share with you why the word Awareness (knowledge or perception of a situation or fact) is my buzz word.

To keep it simple, ‘I don’t know what I don’t know’.  Meaning, if...

Nike coined the ultimate phrase Just Do It, which says it all for me!

I love the phrase as it cuts through the ‘over thinking’, the ‘doubt’’, the ‘fear’ and the ‘stall tactic’ processes that a person can go through when trying to decide or action something.  If one has...

When I was young, I thought those who meditated were either hippies (earthy vegetarians) or Gurus (disciplined monks) and they were either seeking spiritual enlightenment or hiding from society.  I am neither hippy nor guru but cannot imagine my life now without medita...

I am a 54 year young Australian female who now lives in Phuket, Thailand.  I am not married to a Thai, I don't work in Thailand and I didn't know anyone else who lives here.  So what made me decide to move to a foreign country?

My Australian husband and I made a co...

Question:  What drives some people to step out of the flow of the crowd and walk their own path?

I have always created my own path – not to try to make a statement or to stand out, quite the opposite.  I’ve just never felt at home going along with ‘what everyone else wa...