Category: Brilliance

Perhaps you can relate to my own personal journey. As an adolescent, I surrendered to other people's beliefs about who I was instead of pursuing the beautiful dreams within me. As a result, I backed away from life and abandoned my dreams. By the time I turned 21, I knew my past was driving my future as my old negative mental habits kept their strangling hold on my life. But I wanted change. I no longer wanted to be smothered by my inner conflicts or by people with no vision. I became determined to reclaim my life. My desire for…

As I sit reminiscing over my life and the profound words of wisdom I would like to share with all of humanity, they would be the pearls of wisdom that I govern my life by. Live purposefully: Are you living your purpose? Are you living your making or simply making a living? If you are not passionately pursuing your purpose then you are not living at all, you're only existing. Give gratefully: There is enough to go around. The only walls of lack and limitation are the ones that we build ourselves. The universe is abundant and honors a cheerful…

Looking over my life, I have spent a lot of time. Quite often, good things seemed to come to me. Just in the nick of time, I was able to take advantage of them. When I was about to finish college, the job market was bad so I applied to one graduate school program and I was accepted. As graduate school came to an end, I didn't have a job. The business school at my alma mater had an opening for a finance instructor. A friend recommended me, so I applied for the job and was quickly hired. People around…

What do you see when you look in the mirror? If you are like most people, looking in the mirror doesn't conjure up magnificent images of beauty like a Michaelangelo painting. On the contrary, here is the reflection that most people see staring back at them: My butt is too big My arms are too flabby My hair is too flat, too curly, or too drab My face has too many wrinkles I have cellulite on the back of my thighs My breasts are starting to sag My muscles are non-existent I am way too short I am way too…

If today were my last day on Earth, it would be my desire to leave the world with three very profound thoughts on how to find happiness, peace and fulfillment. Be you So often we try to mimic others. We have role models and mentors and we try to re-do what others have done. We also allow the opinions of others to shape us, mold us, or even push us down from what we could be. Each one of us as many gifts and with those gifts come a great responsibility-we must share them with the world! No one in…

Your most important assignment on earth is to excavate the caverns of your inner self to uncover the jewels of your own soul. Self-transformation is a process that can be self-initiated and self-guided. It is often helpful to have a guide to help you bring to light what is hidden in your subconscious programming. To make lasting change, embrace everything and see the challenges, failures, and limiting beliefs as diamonds in the rough. The things that you wish you didn't have to deal with are part of your humanity and actually help you to become who you are meant to…

Have you ever wondered what your life purpose might be? Before you pay a psychic or spiritual counselor for another hour of time, I advise you to look inward. Emotions play a critical role in helping your soul navigate the big life lessons that bring true purpose to your unique mission as a human being. Many of the blocks you have experienced can be traced to emotions stuffed away for weeks, months and even years. You can't heal what you don't recognize or accept. Stress only compounds as emotions are ignored. Having intense emotions does not mean that you are…

I would let my children and grandchildren know that everything in life is by choice. When we wake up feeling a little tired, or "get up on the wrong side of the bed", we can choose to smile and reach for a shining moment from our past or a dream of the future that excites us, and then keep that thought in the back of our minds all day. We can choose to feel joy until we once again, gratefully sink into our lovely bed at the end of another day and sleep soundly in the knowledge that today was…

If I were able to pass on anything I'd learned to the world it would be these 4 points: 1. Life can be fleeting, regret the things you've done, not those you didn't do. Recently I've lost friends who were 42 and 33 years old who were amazing people whose lives ended way too quickly. Whether I live to 33 or 133 though, I want to be able to look back on my life on my last day here on this Earth and say that I tried everything I wanted to try. I had a go, I gave it my…

Live, Laugh, Love! My message to the world is to just chill! We get so caught up in things that we think matter and forget the beauty of going through life with Grace and Ease. When we trust and let our Higher Power work his magic, life is a better place. Remember each day to take a big drink of positive mental protein when you are thirsty. Read and listen to positive messages. Read things that expand your mind and empower you. Surround yourself with people who uplift and support you. Today, go find something that will make you say…

One of the most thought provoking pieces of advice I received came in the form of this question: "How much money do you really need to live a great life?" The answer? Ultimately, it's not about the money! Many people have trouble understanding this and are consumed by making money to improve their standard of living, often feeling that money solves their problems. Of course money helps if you have bills to pay but it won't necessarily make you happy. While financial worries can cause numerous problems, money isn't the answer to living a successful life. Consider this. I have…

Never give up. Each of us starts out in this game of life being dealt a certain hand. It is then up to us to decide how we will play our cards and deal with the unavoidable obstacles that will continually try to knock us down. While there may be times when it would be easier to just throw up our hands and give up, sticking it out and giving it our all can lead us to greater rewards than we could ever imagine. As a young girl I was diagnosed with a muscular affliction that prevented me from doing…

Breathe and remember, it is up to you to find your song to sing. "It's not your job to make everyone happy. It's their job to be happy. It's your job to make you happy." It's the same story the stewardess told me when I flew with our toddler the first time. She looked me in the eye and said point blank, "You need to put your mask on first and then his. Do you got it?" I had heard this analogy many times before, but never for real. It stuck. If I am not mindful enough to stay connected…

I've overcome stage IV metastasized melanoma and atrial fibrillation as well as achieved a lot of personal goals I thought impossible. So I tell people that whatever problem they are facing, There Is Always a Way to solve it. You simply have to find the way and follow instructions. Most times you can find someone else who dealt successfully with exactly your challenge and learn a lot from them. Other times you must chart a course on your own. Scary but fun stuff! Everything you want to do in life has directions, whether it's changing the oil in your car,…

The key to being, doing, and experiencing everything you ever wanted is to be your Self. To be who you really are. Because whether you are aware of it or not, Who You Are is unlimited, all powerful, free-flowing Divine Love, expressing as you. For about as far back as you can remember and beyond, you've been playing the game of limitation, creating the bulk of your human experience in Difficult World, the world created and sustained by the fearful ego. The fearful ego was created in order to play the limitation game, and it creates Difficult World by causing…