When a Child Dies
In the natural order of things, parents are not meant to bury their children, yet through illness or accident, a parent’s worst nightmare can and does occur. Unlike illness, painful as that kind of...
View ArticleThe Replacement Child
A child is often born after a sibling dies and, in most cases, that child is welcomed, loved, and respected for the individual he/she is. This is clearly not the case with the "replacement child" who...
View ArticleHow to Accomplish Just About Anything
Why are some people able to succeed at making change and achieving their goals while others fail over and over again? There is a process for making change that requires that you make a firm decision to...
View ArticleStiletto Heels and the Economy
Women's heel heights have soared in the last several years. An IBM study correlates several economic crises in the last century with an increase in the height of women's heels.read more
View ArticleYou Are What You Believe
Early childhood programming determines what we believe. What we believe as fact or truth is fundamentally programmed. Understanding who we are at our core, without the layers of societal and cultural...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Mourners
When a child dies, the family dynamics are changed forever; individual family members are changed forever. Children's grief at the death of a sibling must be acknowledged as much as the grief of the...
View ArticleThe Inner Language of the Subconscious
Learning to access the subconscious and to fully utilize its gifts can help us to "see" in a new way. Beyond our conscious mind and usual senses the veil is lifted, revealing a world of unlimited...
View ArticleReflections of a Replacement Child
An interview with replacement child Judy Mandel. Here she answers questions about confronting the issues, asking the questions, and getting the answers relevant to many replacement children.read more
View Article7 "Rituals" for Spring Renewal
Spring is a perfect time to stop, reassess your life, and make changes that are more appropriate and satisfactory for where you are right now. All it takes are a few small changes to set you on a new...
View ArticleHow to Stay Grounded When Your Life is Falling Apart
Life is full of ups and downs. Knowing what to expect along the way, at least some of the time, might make you feel a whole lot better about the journey called life.read more
View ArticleHealing: A Spiritual Being in a Physical Body
What is the difference between cure and healing? Cure has come to mean the elimination of illness. But beyond this, healing implies balance—becoming whole and sound. A healing crisis may become a...
View ArticleHow to Change Your Behavior for Good
By the time we reach adulthood we are programmed biocomputers. However, we have the capacity to "self-program" the biocomputer and so create new programs and revise old ones.read more
View ArticleWill the Real Me Please Stand Up
There are times when each of us will feel incompetent and inadequate, will doubt ourself, will feel like an outsider. That's normal, since there are times when we really don't know what we're doing....
View ArticleThe Space Between Us
Before you can be intimate with another, you must become intimate with yourself.read more
View ArticleWhose Neurosis is This, Anyway?
There is no doubt that chidren often "inherit" their parent's unfinished business. This is frequently the case when parents suffer trauma in their past and the consequences of those events play...
View ArticleDownshifting to Upshift Your Life
We live in a fast paced world which is both empowering and overwhelming. How do we keep up with all that's going on around us and how do we effectively process these rapid changes? How do we find a way...
View ArticleWhen Someone You Love Changes and Forgets to Tell You
Sometimes the people we love become strangers to us. We may wonder how things got so bad without our knowing about it. But the truth is that many of us don't understand that relationships change over...
View ArticleThe Belief Inventory
The Belief Inventory will help you clarify what you believe and help you to change what you believe if what you believe no longer suits you. Too often we hang on to outdated beliefs that are no longer...
View ArticleI Wish I Had Asked
Don't wait to learn everything you want to know about your family history and your ancestors. Gather the stories, customs, and traditions of your family while your elders are alive.read more
View ArticleWhere Are You, Walter Cronkite?
Whatever happened to reporting the news as opposed to creating or manipulating the news? Is the media creating our reality? What about practicing decency and respect when it comes to bringing someone's...
View ArticleCreating a Road Map for Your Life
While we understand change and transition and have gone through many of these during the course of our lives, why do we often feel that we don't have control over what happens to us? What are we not...
View ArticleBecoming a Mother
Mother is a role assigned to women the moment they give birth. And in fact, they do become someone's mother. But the real "mothering" develops over time as a woman learns who her child is and how to...
View Article5 Ways to Create Family Traditions
Family traditions keep us connected to those closest to us. Family traditions strengthen family bonds, teach values, connect us throughout a lifetime, and help mold our individual as well as our family...
View ArticleLive Your Own Life or Someone May Try to Live It for You
There are times in our life when we don't know what to do or where to go. We may believe that someone else knows best for us what we need to do. But beware the seduction of the siren's call---when...
View Article10 Relationship Red Flags
Most of us will be involved in at least a few intimate relationships during our lifetime. Often, we have little to no expereince about what to expect and what to hope for. Often, it is our needs that...
View ArticleHow to Stop Taking Things Personally
Relationships are complicated. Ideally, we strive for healthy, fulfilling interactions with others where there is mutual respect and genuine caring. Some relationships however, challenge us and make us...
View ArticleAre You a Replacement Child?
The replacement child is a phenomenon known through early clinical papers but not well recognized in the mainstream. Many people know they are replacement children from early on while others only come...
View ArticleThe Importance of Being Alone
Being alone is often thought of as a negative state of being---that there is something wrong or defective when you are by yourself. Nothing could be further from the truth which is that you need to be...
View ArticleExpanding Consciousness
Meditation is a tool to help us leave the conscious life behind and go in search of those things deep within our consciousness. Imagery helps us break down the linear, logical barriers created by our...
View ArticleThe First Time
From the moment we are born we will all go through a series of first time events. How we experience them will depend upon many things, but especially how we are raised and how we think and feel about...
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