#509 – What can you do when doors you thought open close?"All things are lessons God would have me learn."A Course In Miracles, Lesson 193.Everything seemed in place for our relocation: my husband's job in hand, a perfectly-located apartment, my son’...

#508 – What parts of you seek retaliation?A Course In Miracles says that whenever you feel something other than love (fear, anger, retaliation), you're "in Ego." Because, the course says, the True Self knows only love.I feel fear often these days. My...

#507 – How do you define success––and how does your Ego?Assets, access, and control: that's all the Ego cares about. It wants to accumulate resources to make sure your body won't die; to ensure others will be there in case it needs them; to determine...

#506 – How can you keep your inner peace no matter what?We've all been there: the moment you've been waiting for so long finally arrives, and it's a flop––I feel I'm there all the time.The problem, as you may intuit, isn't the moment itself; it's the...

#505 – What part of you insists on looking perfect?Whatever that part is, AI video is boosting its power over you––over us all.This morning I saw on Substack that a well-known, social-media savvy congresswoman had posted a new video, and clicked...

#504 – How do you disempower your Ego by "trusting the process?""Trust the process" is more than a cliché. When you truly trust that the process you're in will take you where you want to go, you're telling your Ego, "I've got this."At 5:31 this...

#503 – How does self-awareness help you become your full self?Realizing your full potential requires continuous evolution, which is impossible unless you stay aware of your self moment by moment.But isn't that self-absorbed navel gazing, you may ask?...

#502 – What message does comparing and competing send your mind?The reason we humans compare ourselves and compete is because we need to make sure we have resources (food, mates, power). Better said: our Ego needs to make sure we won't die (of starva...

#501 – What part of you needs you to always look good?The prospect of being rejected freaks your Ego so much that it'll make you lie even to yourself if that'll keep its positive image inside your mind.Reading a passage in Patti Smith's M Train last...

#500 – What are you willing to forgive, unconditionally?What are you willing to forgive––no buts, no ifs, no questions asked? What complaints are you willing to drop? What grudges are you ready to forget?Start by analyzing your surroundings: what bot...