Don’t rely on labels to give you the information you need. Trust only the ingredient list and your gut.

We each have the innate ability to heal ourselves. To empower ourselves with natural solutions, instead of succumbing to life-altering chemicals. There’s a time and place for pharmaceuticals, but it shouldn’t be the first answer,...

Trying to find answers to why and how my life got into such a dismal mess, I sought answers in the scriptures, in religion and philosophy, but it only confused me further. Stories, on the...

When you feel that unpleasant darkness invading your mind, read this book and these stories will help you return to the light and warmth of life.

My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted...

Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won’t be just like they were before. Damaged pieces reassembled with a...

You have a great body. It is an intricate piece of technology and a sophisticated super-computer. It runs on peanuts and even regenerates itself. Your relationship with your body is one of the most important...

We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.

Forgiveness has the ability to transform our thoughts.

Those who overcome great challenges will be changed, and often in unexpected ways. For our struggles enter our lives as unwelcome guests, but they bring valuable gifts. And once the pain subsides, the gifts remain....

The Church is full of Hypocrites!” Yes, it is, and thank God for that, it means the church is doing its job. The church wants hypocrites, adulterers, thieves, and more, for the church is where...

In simple, the past is a time gone by and no longer exists in the present moment, but we choose to allow this past to occupy our minds, our bodies and our very existence.

Forgiveness is the intentional act or process of pardoning or offering absolution unto another.

We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.From an Irish headstone

Compassion crowns the soul with its truest victory.

My father, for whose skills as a surgeon I have the deepest respect, says, “The operation with the best outcome is the one you decide not to do.” Knowing when not to operate, knowing when...

Crisis is what suppressed pain looks like; it always comes to the surface. It shakes you into reflection and healing.

There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress.

When my heart yearn for silence in a crowd full of cheerful people, thats not the lonliness i seek but want to feel the rustling of my abandoned desires pouring upon the broken hearts. All...

Walking on the path of celebrating your inner light, and empowering your spirit – is to embrace the divine nature of your self, in a day to day in a graceful way you have within...

chemistry” or infatuation, possession, strong admiration, or even worship—in short, traditional romantic love. Many people who grew up in troubled homes and who experienced a stifling of their Child Within become stuck at these lower...

Regardless of where I have been, I choose to step into my loving.

Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That’s a terrible thing to inflict on someone. Labeling alcoholism as a disease,...

I didn’t expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I’m living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in...

I want this to be a place of healing for each of these kids.

It’s my own deep-rooted feeling that our souls never truly die and that life continues in some way. I know I need to have patience as my beliefs continue to evolve with my personal growth....

Visiting new places andmeeting interesting people – even if “What remained after paying the rent for the Tel Aviv flat, which I shared with a roommate, and the tuition at university was close to nothing...

The ultimate relationship is within thyself, knowing that all other relationships are a projection or a reflection of our ability or inability to love.

Always look heavenward in any situation.Trust God to grant you the needed grace and strength to overcome the situation.

I had lines inside me, a string of guiding lights. I had language. Fiction and poetry are doses, medicines. What they heal is the rupture reality makes on the imagination. I had been damaged, and...

Love sustains us in our challenges, in our search for truth, in our quest for happiness.

And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass.

Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you’re not hurting the person you hate. You’re hurting yourself. And that’s a healing. Actually, it’s a real healing, forgiveness.

Love opens your heart, trumps fear, and paves the way for healing in all aspects of your life.

Tonight I attend my thirty-fifth high school reunion with some trepidation.I have not seen most of these former classmates for thirty-some years. I am not the same young girl they knew in high school. What...

If ever I was running, it was towards you.

In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to:break the will and personality of the person until they become as nothing… with no will of their...

The glory of God is as destructive of evil as it is creative of good.

We are not the only ones affected by our recovery. The spiritual awakening heals the world one person at a time.

Many people ask how to heal an aching heart. I ask in return how does one release the attachment to the aching?

Selfish love hurts, selfless love heals.

When our heart is closed, it can create a lonely and isolated feeling together with the attitude: “Nobody loves me” or “Nobody cares about me”, which can make it hard for other people to love...

Everybody’s got skeletons in the closets. Every once in a while, you’ve got to open up the closet and the let the skeletons breathe. Half the time, the very thing you think is gonna destroy...

Depression thrives in secrecy but shrinks in empathy.

Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)

Temporary, but excruciating, pain is the price of healing.

Traumatic events, by definition, overwhelm our ability to cope. When the mind becomes flooded with emotion, a circuit breaker is thrown that allows us to survive the experience fairly intact, that is, without becoming psychotic...

When we understand that Peace is a state of mind we understand true Peace.

Then perhaps you need another dose,” she whispered, her face upturned as she leaned closer to him.