There is a strange thing that happens when you finally begin to love your life. You become aware that you could lose it. For most of my life, death wasn't something I particularly feared. In fact, within my spiritual understanding of existence, I have always thought of death as returning home—to the Spirit World. I often felt more connected to spirit than to my physical existence. And then something changed. I started wanting to be here.

There are moments in life when you realize you aren't quite ready for what comes next, but you also know you can't stay where you are. For me, that realization came after losing my soul dog, Spirit. Fostering felt like the perfect middle ground. I could open my home and my heart to a dog who needed me without making the lifelong commitment of adoption before I was ready.

A spiritual awakening doesn’t arrive with angels singing or a big dramatic sign. Most of the time, it begins quietly. Something shifts inside you. Something feels off. Something feels different. You can’t explain it, but you feel it. It’s like you finally start seeing yourself - and the world - with honest, unfiltered eyes.

There are moments in life when an experience gives us insight we could never have reached simply by thinking about it. As a psychologist, I understand this intellectually. As a human being, I am learning it in my body. My recent Camino journey gave me one of those moments.

A week ago, I was at the window seat somewhere over the country, flying home to Arizona, and I realized I almost left more than my dad behind in Chicago. I almost left myself.

A few years ago I started on a journey to embrace my Divine Feminine energy. For me, this was no easy task. I felt like I was trying to fit the round peg into the square hole. It felt like I was trying to be somebody I wasn't... but I wanted to be.

Here are some questions to get you started on the journey back to self-love. These are the same ones I offer my clients to gently guide them home — and you can use them too, especially when you feel that inner tug pulling you away from your center. I invite you to sit with these questions as a check-in:

I’m writing this mostly for myself, to face the truth of my life’s journey. But I also hope that maybe my story reaches someone

Surrender. The mere thought pisses me off! Now, on my spiritual journey, I'm being faced with the Divine lesson of surrender. This new, unfamiliar concept is one of great power, strength and courage. So then why does it case us such discomfort? Surrender can have two vastly different meanings depending upon what you believe to be your life purpose.

Hypnotherapy works with our unconscious mind to unlock and replace resistance, fears, doubts and insecurities.

Learn how to seize the day and live life to the fullest!

Here we will explore simple ways to rekindle your optimism, find joy again in small things, and ultimately create an infectious enthusiasm.

Without adequate boundaries, we run the risk of allowing other people to treat us poorly, use us, or take advantage of us.

Do you find yourself struggling with unresolved childhood experiences? Do these difficult memories keep you from living your life?

The problem with our shadow self is that no matter how well we try to hide it it’s still always with us. And nothing stays hidden forever.

Anxiety manifests themselves physically in many forms such as tiredness, headaches or even major chronic illnesses. Reiki can help.

Crystals and Reiki will increase energy or encourage relaxation, and ultimately work at the energetic level to heal dis-ease.

Have you been holding on to negative energy and emotions? If you're ready for your freedom then it's time to accept, let go and surrender.

When we practice self-care we send a message to mind/body that we matter. Mind/body responds by letting go of stress and releasing pain.

Heart Coherence is a state of cooperative alignment between the heart, mind, emotions and physical systems.