Primary and Secondary Foods

Wellness is about much more than the health of our bodies.  When we are experiencing optimal wellness-we are nourished by every aspect of our lives.
I’d like to share with you the concept of primary and secondary foods.  Secondary foods are the things that we eat and drink.  Primary foods are all the other things that [...]

The Importance of Your Purpose

When we look at TV, read the paper and magazines, and look at the people around us, we come away with this idea that there are only a handful of ways to live one’s life. That’s simply not true. It was Gandhi who said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” [...]

Equal Partner

Sjaak and I are interesting pair; him a 6’6” Dutchman who is an actor and artist by trade; and me a petite, black woman who grew up eating collard greens, grits, and cornbread. As a result, people often want to know how we met. I would too if I were them.

Here is our [...]

Home

On November 21st, I gave up my apartment. Two days before, I put my stuff in storage. On the 23rd, I left my car parked at my friend’s place, hopped in her car and allowed her to drive me to San Francisco’s airport where I’d board a plane headed to London. I [...]

The Verge

How many times have you been on the verge of something?  It could be that you were on the verge of a discovery about yourself or the world around you.  Or on the verge of breaking through limitations.  Or maybe you’ve been on the verge of attaining some success.  Perhaps you are constantly on the [...]

Heart Space

The Institute of Heart Math has discovered that there is a line of communication between the brain and the heart.  Furthermore, the heart has a nervous system that is sufficiently complex to be considered a mini brain.  Also, heart cells entrain each other, meaning they start to oscillate at the same rate.  Here are a [...]

Breaking out of Relationship Ruts

Earlier this week, I sat in on a fabulous teleclass lead by LiYana Silver of Redefining Monogamy.  The class consisted of a writing exercise designed to help you uncover and find freedom from your relationship patterns.  Click here to download a recording of the call.

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8 exercises to stretch your creativity

I saw this article in How mag and wanted to share it with you.
1.  Stretch your pass ion:  List three things you’re passionate about—professionally and personally.
How can you stretch one or more of these in new directions?
2.  Stretch the Rules:  What rule in your life or organization inhibits creativity? Now, replace it with your own [...]

Living Well: Consume vs. Go Deep

I’ve been deeply submerged in the process of writing the proposal for my upcoming book.  I decided to resurface for a bit to share a snippet from an email ‘conversation’ I had recently.
Several months ago, I left my 9 to 5 job.  As a result, my economic status changed.  I’m in the process of adjusting [...]

Think: Basic tenets of materialism

Here’s something to chew on.

That good living is defined by the amount of money earned.
That the more expensive an object is, the more valuable it is assumed to be.
That the presentation of image is more important than reality.
That success in life is literally [...]