Many of us feel fatigued when our personal and professional responsibilities seem never-ending and overwhelming. Sometimes, we even deny ourselves sleep, rest, and personal care in order to take care of all of them. Frequently, our many obligations compel us to forge ahead, ignoring the body’s need to slow down, relax, and restore itself. This [...]

In Cleveland, Ohio pelicans are rarely seen. Yet, I have been in awe of one particular pelican that took up residence at a lake near my home in Cleveland Heights. As long as I have lived here, this has been the first pelican to visit the Shaker Lakes. Moreover, for a pelican to come [...]

Sometimes we can feel frustrated or disappointed when situations don’t necessarily go the way we think they should. This may lead us to become more methodical, rigid or even inflexible. Rather than trying to control the situation through sheer force of will, we can choose to trust and align ourselves with the flow of energy [...]

Most of us desire deeper, levels of intimacy with ourselves and our loved ones. Such meaningful relationships and intimate interactions begin with feeling “safe” enough to to freely and openly share our fears and insecurities. Opening up to another person and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable helps us establish the intimate connection we  desire.
We can [...]

Award-winning Author Speaks of Soul-Hearted Partnerships–
Intimacy that Promotes Spiritual Development

(Santa Fe, NM, January 4, 2010) – While romance is the sole focus of Valentine’s Day, Debra Reble’s Soul-Hearted Partnership: Creating the Ultimate Experience of Love, Passion, and Intimacy debuts in February to celebrate enriching relationships that promote spiritual well-being as well as passion.
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What I love about inviting in a new year is that it gives us a natural place to begin anew. As the clock ticked down to 2010, many of us paused, reflected, and made new resolutions for the coming year. This is beneficial, yet, for our intentions to manifest, we have to clear our lives [...]

As we release 2009 and invite in 2010, we continue to experience tremendous shift on a global and individual level. How we perceive these significant changes in the economic, financial, environmental, and political landscape will determine our future as inhabitants of planet earth. So, instead of reacting from fear, anger, and/or resistance, we can respond [...]

Here it is, the winter solstice and a time for reflection and celebration. In many  Native American cultures, tribes and families would gather to start up a new year at the solstice and have a special celebration where they would make a request to the Great Spirit to eliminate certain things that they no longer [...]

My daughter, Alex gave her senior speech this week on non-attachment and letting go. In her message to her classmates, faculty, and family, she told this story. In 1992,  a Chinese freighter mistakenly dropped a crate of 30,000 rubber duckies into the Pacific Ocean. Three months later, many of these “friendly floatees” were discovered [...]

I just spent the last several days with my dearest friend, Debbie at Sunset Beach in NC. On Saturday, as we took a long stroll on the beach, we both had the intent to find some unusual shells. She wanted ones she could place in a “healing” fishing net she was making to represent everything [...]