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The 3 Most Powerful Words to Heal a Relationship

We all make mistakes in close, personal or career relationships. These mistakes can hurt others deeply and destroy in an instant the trust we have so carefully developed over a long time. We all come into relationships wounded and vulnerable. Sometimes we do things that are insensitive out of our own unhealed pain or be […]

How Can You Have More Energy and Motivation?

Ever notice what happens when you ask a child to do something they don’t want to do? Their energy just suddenly seems to vanish and they drop to the floor and whine: “I don’t want to do the dishes. I’m too tired”. But when you say: “Okay how about after you do the dishes, we […]

The Right Question When Things Go Wrong

One of the hardest things to cultivate in life is our relationships with friends, business colleagues and loved ones. We can easily get upset with one another and when we do; our feelings are so tender and sensitive. We can get over-reactive and raise our voices and say things we regret or we can under-react and […]

You Are a Radiant Gift

There is a certain clarity that has arrived from knowing you You are a radiant giftAnd do not realize that you areThe Breath of Life that speaks of profound joy and happinessInnocent, yet lost in the world outside yourselfYou long to be seen, yet you hide yourself I see you because I am youThere will […]

Tell Me the Story of Your Heart

The Story of Your Heart Tell me the story of your heartIt is much different than the other stories you have toldAnd deeper…Its springs from the hillsOff in the forestAnd flows to the valleyThrough the coltsfoot, the fern and the wild ginger rootThrough the bubbling poolWhere the whitetail deer quench their thirst,To the deep pondWhere […]

The Man with a Lexus Who Awakened

A number of years ago, I owned a spiritual retreat centre business called the Ecology Retreat Centre. It’s still near Orangeville in a beautiful rural area of Southern Ontario. There are a few cabins, a beautiful lodge, a dining hall and meeting spaces for groups that want to run their own retreats and seminars. Many […]

What the Gasping Man Taught Me About Life

In November 2012, I spent 7 days in a hospital room diagnosed with a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage (broken blood vessel in my head) There was an older fellow about 75 in my room, who’d insist on having a smoke every evening against doctor’s orders. “I’ve worked hard in a factory all my life and I deserve […]

What Do You Do When You Get Fed-up (with Your Mind)

If you are like me there are times when I just get fed up. I get fed up with rush hour traffic, Donald Trump, the bills I have to pay, the people that take too long at the bank teller when I am in a rush, the dirty dishes that always have to be done, […]

A Prayer for Those With a Broken Heart

I recently talked to a good friend who told me how her heart had been broken by a former partner. She told me it took her 2 years to recover from the grief and how even now it is hard for her to love again. Her story deeply affected me because I know that many […]

A Truth That Will Not Set You Free in Relationships

There is a new-age truism: “I am not responsible for others reactions or triggers” This is often used to justify or defend one person’s effect on another. It is true that we cannot make anyone feel a particular way. The way they react to what we do is their choice. The emotion that is triggered […]