You will fulfill all your soul contracts in this life. The question is, at what level? In light or in shadow? Before you incarnate, you create all kinds of agreements about what issues you will explore, with whom, and how. There's lots of flexibility and choice, but...

A few months ago, I heard a song that got stuck in my head. The lyrics were a mantra that is repeated over and over: I am the light of the soul. I am bountiful. I am beautiful. I am bliss. I am, I am. What stands out to me most is the statement "I am bliss." Our soul,...

Many years ago my girlfriend at the time introduced a new idea into our ongoing argument about why our relationship wasn't working. She got it from a former roommate of mine. They had been exploring her side of the argument - which was, of course, that it was all my...

I suppose a more accurate way to put that might be to say some of us have a more direct connection. For those that have a harder time tuning in and hearing a deeper truth, there is always the option of looking around and seeing what is being mirrored back from your...

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." -F Scott Fitzgerald The worlds of your soul and your identity only overlap somewhat. There are many versions of...

A while back a client of mine repeated something she had heard: "Energy follows patterns." I have been repeating this phrase ever since. It helps explain how, among other things, habitual responses, dysfunctional dynamics, and seemingly inescapable cycles get locked...

I want to share a prominent theme that has consistently come up around many of my clients for a while now. I talk (and write) a lot about seeing the world in terms of energy, the value of sensitivity, and the importance of consciousness in spiritual work. This relates...

It has been very easy and convenient in the last decade to dump on Millennials - they're too sensitive, entitled, and selfish. To a large degree I think this has to do with how previous generations feel about things like hazing or spanking. "We had to put up with it...

Kyle is like a lot of clients I've talked to over the years. We had been working to intentionally maneuver him through a "spiritual growth spurt." We focused on minimizing resistance and struggle in order to open him up to the highest possible good of the experience....

We aren't always happy to get clarity Sometimes all we can ask for is clarity. But clarity doesn't always make the "clear choice" easy to make. Many times we are not going to be happy with the answer. Occasionally a client has said to me "If I only had clarity.......

In my last ezine, I talked about the shift in focus and priorities that is required as you become more Spiritually conscious. A new balance has to be struck between your inner and outer worlds; one where the success you are used to having to strive and struggle for is...

I have long thought of the human experience as being defined by what happens when 3D, tangible, Earth reality interfaces with the Divine. We are all living out various combinations of these two aspects. Most of us are pretty connected to (if not dominated by) the...

As you may have noticed a new year has started, so a lot of us have started new diets, set new goals, and started reading that book or listening to that podcast that's going to help us become better people. We have begun to take action on a bunch of stuff from last...

A while back the term "manifesting" came into vogue in the Spiritual community. The Secret and some other voices told us the time for this idea had come. People got excited - they dreamed about what they wanted, held that picture in their mind and tried to proceed...

One of the more common political/social observations in the past few years is that we are in a "post truth" world now. There are a lot of factors that explain why and how that might be, but from a metaphysical standpoint there is one that stands out to me. It seems...

I recently spent a concentrated amount of time around someone with whom I expected to connect on a deeper level. I believe we both share the Archetype of the Seeker and often that creates a spark of recognition or interest. Things became clearer when I realized he's...

As I spend time with my in-laws in anticipation of the memorial service for my wife's father, I get to look at death up-close once again. In this case I am closer to the periphery of the event of his passing, but not far from those whom it has most closely effected....

I talk a lot about listening for and living from your "Truth", and our Spirit's desire to be always moving toward an experience of "wholeness". These opportunities often come in challenging and painful moments of choice. We have to wrestle with the counter argument...

A spiritual teacher who I've worked with for many years has repeated one of his core concepts to me more times than I can remember: "Your gifts flow from your wounds." Traumas, failures, and injuries interrupt our lives, alter our paths, and in some ways define our...