This Is Only A Test

You have made so much progress on your journey of healing. You have put yourself up against all the things that have troubled you. You have worked on your issues. And you have overcome your past. Right on! You go! You have grown by leaps and bounds. You have honored …

Don’t Hide, Seek

It’s here. Yes. The change you have been asking for. Dreaming about. Praying for. All systems are go! How will you react? Success isn’t scary. Don’t hold yourself back. You deserve this! Stop worrying about the details. Just seek your destiny. It is in your hands. Congratulations for making this …

Is Pain your Identity?

When pain and suffering have become a big part of our lives we can start to believe that pain is the only reality available to us. Don’t get comfortable with your pain. Don’t get comfortable with the idea that you’re a victim. Don’t believe that you have to suffer. Don’t …

Anger is Your Poison

I let myself do it. I was made to feel responsible for someone else’s life. They abused me until I became angry. That anger became rage. And I hid it deep within me. I wanted to keep the peace and be supportive. Then I became ill. Repressing my emotions and …

Destination Gratitude

Summer of 1997, I lived in Waikiki Beach working as an environmental contractor for the US Air Force. The flight path to Honolulu’s airport ran above the beach. I would sit and contemplate those incredible winged metal tubes cruising through the sky. People going home. People leaving home. Some had …

Out With The Old

You have them. I have them. We all have them. <<Coping Mechanisms>> Which ones are you still holding on to after the pain or trauma has gone? Which ones are no longer serving you? Which ones keep you in the habit of maintaining destructive thoughts or behaviors? What do you …