We cannot help to begin to feel an awakening during Spring. It is organic and natural for humans to emulate the budding flowers and want to initiate growth in their lives.

We can all agree that this winter has been intense. We are ready to feel the warmth of longer days and to witness the budding of new life. What this has brought into my awareness is how we can be prone to reject our current reality.

Self-care can be confused with Self-love. While Self-care is important to practice, and it should be part of a daily ritual, it cannot take the place of Self-love.

Let it go. Move on. Get over it. These statements are woven into our culture to the point of them feeling exhaustive. How many of us can just let something go when its impact has so greatly affected our lives?

It is easy to identify as a mother when you have a child or children that you are raising. Many women dream of becoming mothers; others are not so sure; and some of us are meant to give birth in other ways. We, as a species, forget that we can give birth so many times through out our lives - men included.

We live in a time where we can increasingly witness all the violence, sadness, and grief of our fellow humans. I have recently had several conversations with people who have expressed the thought that there has always been a lot of violence in the world - a lot of bad things happening - but we have not had the technology to be aware of it all.

When was the last time you allowed yourself to sit back, receive, and revel in the abundance of your hard work? Just as a child would after accomplishing the creation of a towering sandcastle… can you remember those moments of pure joy?

It can be difficult to navigate what it is we truly want for ourselves at the core of our being. From a young age we are taught to override this with the responsibility of making others happy.

As I sit to write this, the approaching holiday for the veneration of our ancestors’ approaches.

In a room of 50 people, you can ask how many suffer from headaches and you will usually get half of them raising their hands.