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This last weekend I seem to have had a huge “aha” moment. I was thinking about how we live our lives. If we have experienced trauma we...

When was the last time you were able to experience raw emotions? Why is it that in our society if we talk about emotions, it seems as...

Let’s do a little follow up in choosing wisely. We are all creatures of habit and tend to gravitate toward what we know works for us in...

It has been a long time since I’ve written. I took a much needed break. 2020 had so many challenges for me. As I was trying to figure out...

I want to start by thanking all of you for reaching out and offering your kind words of support. I am on the mend and feel much better...

I am so busy! How many times have you heard that today and from how many people? We’re just so busy; I’m so busy; we’re always busy. See...

This has been an interesting and challenging year for so many of us. I feel we need to hear that we have to be kind to ourselves and...

I was recently contacted by many of my readers asking me about the book that I’ve been writing and when it will be coming out. I so...

What shapes your thinking? What shapes your behavior? How do we learn that some of what we perceive as right is actually wrong? We...

We live in such uncertain times and record-breaking catastrophes are flooding the news non-stop. To start with, of course, is COVID-19, a...

How do you feel about setting boundaries? Does it come easily? Do you feel bad if you have to say no, or do you feel bad because you just...

I am writing  with a very heavy heart. The current state our nation is in reminds me so much of my childhood and growing up...

I have been really struggling with lack of inspiration and enthusiasm. As time has gone by and I kept questioning my purpose in life, the...

The flight to New York was long and tiresome. So many firsts for me and my mom. (My mom was 43 at the time; it’s so hard to believe that...

Before leaving for our new life, we started sharing and giving away our belongings. This was hard for me, not because of the material...

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” — Mahatma Gandhi I watched as my mom went to work every...

There is one thing I have learned starting from a very young age: Life is about choices. The choices we make ripple though the universe...

Annamaria Nemeth is not just a survivor. She is a thriver.  Growing up in communist Romania, she was denied the basic human rights that...

There was another piece of my childhood which really affected me. As I was growing up in the austerity policy era, living conditions were...