Positive Thinking – Write Your New, Uplifting Life Story

“It is not from where you come, but where you are now in joy, and where you are headed with enlightenment.” ~Sheryl Schlameuss Berger

Negativity. Dysfunction. Insecurity. Depression. These were the themes of my family life throughout my childhood. It wasn’t a pretty picture. My father was a domineering, it’s-my-way-or-the-highway type of individual. He yelled, […]

Spirituality – Acknowledging Your Soul Consciousness

How spiritual do you consider yourself? Do you acknowledge a soul consciousness within? Or are you firmly planted in the practical side of life, based solely on awareness of this physical plane?

The definition of spirituality is that which relates to or affects the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things. […]

Goal Setting – Aligning With the Intentions of Your Heart

Are you a genuine “goal setter” — taking meticulous effort to carefully formulate plans for the coming year/month/day? Or are you the exact opposite — just kind of drifting along in that “whatever will be” frame of mind?

Or perhaps you fall somewhere in-between those polar opposites and you casually set a few goals, but […]

Positive Attitude – Take Pride in Past Accomplishments

New Year, new moment, new energy — new chance to be the best life creator you can be. Are you ready for the challenge? Do you have the motivation and drive to take possibilities, turn them into probabilities and then into realities?

Of course, the challenge that I am referring to is one’s personal challenge […]

Reiki – Did You Know – Questions About this Modality and its History

As Reiki students, we learn about the history, often different pieces of it, depending on who our teacher is and what she/he has learned in their own studies. Are you familiar with the following information?

(A special thanks to William Rand, who helped with the accuracy of these statements.)

Did you know that:

• Mrs. […]

Divine Timing – Surrendering to the Wisdom of the Universe

Sometimes we want something so badly — we wish for it, we pray for it, we call upon the Law of Attraction. We focus all our energy on it, impatiently waiting for it to manifest. And sometimes it does happen right away, almost magically.

Yet other times, it remains just beyond our grasp. We can […]

Ending a Friendship – Letting Go When the Relationship is No Longer Joyful

As the flow of life carries us along on our journey, sometimes we discover that those that we started the journey with are no longer in sync with us. In fact, sometimes they are quite out of rhythm with our own goals, beliefs and plans. How do we recognize this — and what should we […]

The Human Experience – A Perfect State of Imperfection

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Our human perfection is actually defined by our imperfections.” ~Sheryl Schlameuss Berger

You may likely be familiar with the first quote (the second is pure “moi.”) Perhaps you believe that we are highly […]

Reiki Practitioners – Let Your Ego Step Aside for More Effective Healing

As Practitioners, we are advised early on to let our egos move out of the way. What does that mean exactly and are you personally able do this?

The Dictionary has many definitions for the “ego” including: the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from […]

Life’s Little Surprises – The Grapefruit Seed

It was somewhere in the late 1970s when I cut open the grapefruit, looking forward to enjoying one of my favorite fruits. There, nestled within, much to my surprise, was a large seed that had already sprouted. I pondered it curiously, wondering how a seed could survive the trip from Florida and then several days […]