Great Tips for Making the Best of the Holidays! The holidays are here again! Are you still in the state of gratitude from Thanksgiving? Or are you feeling more overwhelmed than grateful as you [...]
“Creating peace on earth is not usually the reason most people learn to meditate. Yet, solutions to the world’s strife are on the mind of every person I meet.” Dr. Deepak Chopra said [...]
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” That was what Ralph Waldo Emerson practiced. Sounds good, living in the now. But how can we keep our focus on [...]
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a [...]
What are you doing right now? I imagine you are sitting down somewhere, reading this. But what else are you doing? Eating? Listening to music? Hanging out with your family? Planning the rest of [...]
I love being alone, I love my solitude. I know not everybody feels the same way. Recently (May 2023), the U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, warned of another serious health threat to Americans [...]
When new meditators come to me for advice, I get excited. That’s because there are so many misconceptions about meditation, I like to set the record straight. I wish someone had done that [...]
From the Introduction of Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation by Sarah McLean There are five essentials to a successful meditation that will put you on the right track. [...]
Novelist Tom Robbins wrote that there are really only two mantras in life: “yum” and “yuck”. Either something is yummy or it isn’t. Listening to your own yums and yucks – and taking action based [...]
Here is some advice to settle down before you meditate: Choose a good time to meditate. The best times are early in the morning just after you wake up, and then again at happy hour, right between [...]
This is an interview with Hay House about Sarah’s first book, Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation Sarah, is it really possible for someone to transform his or her [...]
“It’s All Good” was the bumper sticker I put on my car when I first adopted a meditator lifestyle years ago. I didn’t really believe everything was all good, instead, it was [...]