• “Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feel­ing of being beau­ti­ful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.”     — Martha Beck

• “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”  - Kahlil Gibran Read more

“…We all die, some sooner rather than later. We are all just a breath away from it, all the time.

Don’t fear being near death — but rather fear, dread, loathe, and do all you can to do avoid near-life expe­ri­ences. No one goes to the grave or to the nurs­ing home wring­ing their hands and gnash­ing their teeth and just wish­ing they’d served on a few more com­mit­tees, worked a few more hours. Read more

I seem to be hav­ing a lot of instances lately where I have to pause for a moment, pick my jaw up off the floor, and exclaim, “Wow. I’m liv­ing my dreams!” In honor of that, I wanted to post a selec­tion of inspi­ra­tional quo­ta­tions on the power of dream­ing. The cool thing is that there is no short­age of great dream quotes. Read more

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not eas­ily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Read more

“Our deep­est fear is not that we are inad­e­quate. Our deep­est fear is that we are pow­er­ful beyond

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mea­sure. It is our light, not our dark­ness that most fright­ens us. We ask our­selves, Who am I to be bril­liant, gor­geous, tal­ented, fab­u­lous? Read more

1. “Changes that are loved into exis­tence are per­ma­nent, while changes that hap­pen through self-abuse and denial will always be tran­sient.” — Louise Hay

2. “The pur­pose of life is not to be safe. It is to be open.” — Geneen Roth Read more

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“Your true heart’s desires are never destruc­tive… False desires taste of fear; true desires always taste of love.”  -Martha Beck

I’m a sucker for movies that have any­thing to do with dance. Last week­end I watched a strange and lovely lit­tle flick called Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School. The main char­ac­ter, Frank Keane, is a griev­ing widow who, through a bizarre twist of events, finds him­self tak­ing ball­room danc­ing lessons. At one point, Frank is over­come by the joy of danc­ing. His teacher tells him this: “Dance is a very pow­er­ful drug, Mr. Keane. Read more

Hey every­one! I want to make sure you know that Geneen Roth is going to be on Oprah this Wednesday, May 12^th, to dis­cuss her new book, Women, Food, and God. Geneen ended her bat­tle with com­pul­sive eat­ing over thirty years ago by say­ing yes to her­self and no the dam­ag­ing diet men­tal­ity that so many peo­ple still buy into. Her books have been a huge part of my own heal­ing, and I whole­heart­edly rec­om­mend them to any of you who have not yet made peace with food and with your body. Here is just a taste of the wis­dom Geneen has to offer: Read more

About this time last year, I was fac­ing a great deal of fear, uncer­tainty, and pain. One of my dear­est friends shared the beau­ti­ful words below with me. Now, a year later, I am liv­ing my answers. Read more