What is the difference between reacting and responding? 

The most important difference is the control you have over your emotions.  When we react, it is an emotional knee-jerk snap.  It is usually as a result of someone ‘pushing our buttons’.  We can go from 0 to 100 in seconds.  It is sometimes as...

For those who have recognized their portion of responsibility for the dissolution of their marriage, accepted and anticipate their Soon-to-be-Ex’s limitations and personality quirks while being cognizant of their own, and can flow with the disturbing surprises and often aggravating conversations ...

By: Karen McMahon

Recently single again, I have watched my reluctance to get back into the dating game.  In examining my resistance, limited beliefs and fears as they came up, I realized how many of us go through similar struggles.  I plan to share parts of my journey with you in the hopes of ope...

We discussed Awareness as the first step toward peace…a practice of mindfulness or witnessing our thoughts, feelings and actions.  Instead of seeing things as happening to us, when we are aware or conscious of our part in every circumstance, we realize we have choices.  Awareness Enlightens us so th...

By Karen McMahon

Awareness is the first step in becoming conscious of our role in every upset.  It is the beginning of witnessing our own perspectives and behaviors…the practice of ‘mindfulness’. 

We have all been there, living in a place of fear and self-doubt or anger and frustration; being to...

By Lisa Brick

How possible do you think it is to be in a relationship where you listen and are listened to, intimacy and freedom exist simultaneously, where the sex consistently blows you away, and your partnership is so rewarding you experience it as a privilege?

It is.  As an acupuncturist and...