55 Rules For Love – Rule #28 – Trust Your Instincts, But Don’t Be Paranoid

Took me a long time… …to trust my instincts because I didn’t trust that I could properly interpret what my instincts were telling me; my own issues were in the way. My lenses were worst case scenario at all times – he’s cheating. He’s hiding something. He can’t be trusted. I grew up believing men…

Spiritual Discipline – Gabriel, Luke, Reiki, Safety and Faith

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Archangel Gabriel.  Who he or she is (Gabriel’s gender depends on the interpretation of history) and his role as an angel. During my morning meditation with Reiki self-treatment, just as the name Gabriel came to me one morning…the name Luke came to me as my means of…

Twelve-Step Meetings and the Twelve-Step Program -An Emotional and Spiritual Education in Becoming Fully Human

I find myself thinking about the rooms of AA.  Many years ago I spent some time there, enough to earn my five year sobriety medallion. What always amazed me was the social contrast of those sitting there with me and the similarity of our pain.  I was a naive young woman from a religious, upper-middle…