Letting Go of Clutter

If you are the King or Queen of Clutter, take a moment to ask yourself what your messes really mean. Could it be that impossible standards of perfection keep you so frustrated that you simply throw up your hands and give up even trying to keep things neat? Are you reacting to parents who were compulsively neat and expected you to be the same way? Did you live in so much disorder as a child that you never learned there might be another way?  Read article...

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Time with Samantha:  Habits of my holiday season

To be a generous giver is only half of the picture we must open our selves to the receiving in order to complete the cycle and reap the benefits.  I have observed that in relationships of all kinds one or the other area is blocked and giving and receiving become a power struggle rather than a flow of energy. Read more...

Time with Samantha:  The Winter of My Contentment

Contentment seduced me. Quietly, slyly, unobtrusively she showed up over time and cast her spell over me. I am alone I had cried, but "alone at last" was her sigh.
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