Every January I act as the pronouncer for the Optimists’ Club’s spelling bee for local elementary and middle schools.  The Optimists’ Club’s celebrate 100 years this year. Recently I was invited to the local club’s celebratory dinner.  I sat next to the incoming West St. Paul president, a lovely man who shared his

Happy 2019!   Resolutions usually take arise out of a desire to create a new, healthier habit or to release a destructive habit.   Rarely do they involve releasing something positive (but wearing out either physically or energetically) simply to create space.   And yet that’s a resolution with which I’m playing.  I’ve

We often repeat to ourselves stories at which we should take a second look. One of my clients came to me concerned about her relationship with money.  She was torn between two opposing viewpoints.  One was a general feeling that everything would work out and that she shouldn’t worry.  In fact, she worried

At a meeting recently I shared some spiritual teachings from a conference I had attended.  We watched a video online of the spiritual teacher working with the audience’s questions.   Frankly, neither the work nor the teacher resonated with most of my group.  A few people nodded off, and at the end there

If you’re like me, you may have accumulated a lot of things you haven’t released yet. These can include: magazine/email subscriptions, clothing you used to love (or fit into), books, papers, files or cards that used to be important or that represent a stage in your life or represent relationships with people you

Last week I was on my way to an important meeting and I couldn’t find my keys. I remembered letting myself in the night before using the keys. I searched all the usual (and unusual) places. My husband (who usually can help me find anything) was away, so I asked the universe for some help. I

May is one of my favorite months. It has the best weather, not too hot/not too cold. The tentative, earliest green has matured and the apple blossoms and all the sweet scented flowers I love best (lilacs and lilies of the valley) run riot in an celebration of fragrance and color. May doesn’t last, of