“So many of us go through life with our stories hidden, feeling ashamed or afraid when our whole truth doesn’t live up to some established ideal. We grow up with messages that tell us that there’s only one way to be American —that if our skin is dark or our hips are wide, if we…

During these times, it is important to find peace within. One of the most peaceful placesI find is in the word of Dr. King,who combined the incredible forceof peace and love with activism. As Dr. King said“Before it is too late, we must narrow the gaping chasm between our proclamations of peace and our lowly…

In the now, I see beyond whatever would hold me back. Whatever I ask has already been given to me. Grace fills me with strength, power and purposeas my natural state. Miracles bless mewith the joythat is always available to me.I am a champion of success. LISTEN TO NOW PLEASE SUPPORT MUSICIANS BY PURCHASING MUSIC…

Each moment welcomes the opportunityto fulfill ourselves in the unlimited potential of now. Only in the now can we move beyond what we could have never imagined to all that we are. Now is the space between anywhereand everywhere, or no oneand nothingjust waitingfor usto lean into it. In the breath of now, we catch…

How powerful it is to be walking in balance with our indigenous grandmothers today, who remind us of the beauty and truth of our stories. They remind us of balance, purpose, peace, and love for all relations. As “Native scholar Greg Cajete has written . . . in indigenous ways of knowing, we understand a…

“The earth, that first among good mothers, gives us the gift that we cannot provide ourselves. [Without realizing it,] I had come to the lake [after my daughter left for college], and said feed me, [and] my empty heart was fed [while riding my kayak in the lake of water lilies]. I had a good…

“A value is a way of being or believing that we hold most important. Living into our values means that we do more than profess our values, we practice them. We walk our talk— we are clear about what we believe and hold important, and we take care that our intentions, words, thoughts, and behaviors…

Meditation or mindfulness, the practice of focus on the present moment without judgment, is important for honoring purpose because when we are centered in meditation, we are more in tune with the guidance of Spirit, to the divine ideas that are always available to us. Stress, worry, and doubt put us in a survival mode…

“At this moment, something profound happens. It feels like being reborn, not simply because the old self drops away, but because the world itself shifts like a kaleidoscope. Your eyes register brighter colors, and a hidden light seems to be trying to break through the thin membrane of the world. Sounds become sweeter; nature seems…