by Barbara | Jun 5, 2014 | Creating Calm and Harmony, Family Harmony, Handling Frustration, Happiness, Health and Well Being, Love, Relationships
In this time of technology devices and busy lifestyles of the family, its important to cultivate harmony in our home. Harmony is a simple concept if we choose it to be. My thoughts about family harmony are from my personal experiences, observations I’ve...
by Barbara | Oct 3, 2013 | Change, Ego, Handling Frustration, Healing, Health and Well Being, Life's Lessons, Meditation, Tai Chi
Are you having difficulty staying focused and centered? Are you reacting to recent world and local events, based in fear and worry? Are you feeling a sense that you are not in control and that your life is spinning out of balance? If you said yes to any or all...
by Barbara | Jul 18, 2013 | Creating Calm and Harmony, Handling Frustration, Health and Well Being, Life's Lessons, Patience, Staying Positive
If you drive a vehicle, you probably at one time or another, have been in a similar situation as the one I describe below. Mercury was in Retrograde and there I was, in my vehicle, stopped on the I-10 freeway, on a hot July afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona. A...
by Barbara | Jul 11, 2013 | Balance, Creating Calm and Harmony, Handling Frustration, Happiness, Health and Well Being, Tai Chi
Photo courtesy of Peter Nufer 2012 Here we are in the middle of Mercury in Retrograde. This can be a time of emotional turmoil and accidental miscommunications. It can also serve as a time for us to refine our skills in finding and maintaining the balance of our...
by Barbara | Jun 27, 2013 | Butterfly Wisdom, Change, Faith, Handling Frustration, Life's Lessons, Patience
Are you seeing butterflies in your life? Are you a butterfly? Butterflies are symbols of change. Through their metamorphosis from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, we see our own life cycle of struggle and change. The caterpillar stage...
by Barbara | May 9, 2013 | Handling Frustration, Health and Well Being, Life's Lessons
Life is a dance. We are meant to walk through a variety of experiences to learn and grow. Some dances are fun, others are not. Take the dance of frustration. It never feels good, but there’s a lesson in it, every time it appears in our life. If we can...