When you wake up, do you remember your dreams? I find it incredibly helpful to jot the details down before I do anything else–especially if the dream is disturbing or unpleasant. If I have a bad dream and don’t write it down, I find that it abstractly haunts me, sticking with me like a sticky…

Healthy breakfast recipes?  Check.  Uplifting quotes?  Check.  Morning meditations?  Check.  This is my not-so-subtle invitation to have you explore a brand new Beliefnet gallery, 11 Ways to Energize Your Morning, a best-of-Fresh-Morning collection put together by Valerie and me for your wakey-wakey pleasure. Click here for 11 Ways to Energize Your Morning. And need more…

These cool fall mornings make me want to snuggle a few extra minutes in my soft, warm sheets.  But that blissfully relaxing feeling is never farther away than when one is shopping for those sheets.  The choices are endless, and often they come down to this question:  what the heck is a thread count? Here’s…

I will not die an unlived life I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me,  to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk…

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