What are the Real Benefits of Creative Coloring? Throughout my practice I have offered and encouraged clients to draw with crayons in their meditative journeys for healing and transforming; and to creatively record their inner “dives” and heart’s visions. I... Read more →

Separating the Authentic Vision from the Hype So much is written about finding your purpose. You can take a course in it, carry out someone else’s directives, and spend lots of time fundamentally obsessing about “what is my true purpose????”…... Read more →

The Gift – And Risk – of Envisioning Yes, this is the first blog article I’ve written since my return late last month from my European and New York city travels for a month. It has been a year of... Read more →

What About Death? Death is so final. It changes us, wakes us up to its nightmare with no alternative end, nothing pretty, happy, better. No wonder we run from it, put forth all our energy to deny it. It breaks... Read more →

Terror is the Great Disease and Challenge of Our Time I recently read an amazing book by Erik Larsen titled In the Garden of the Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, about Ambassador Dodd’s personal and... Read more →

Sign Up Details, Description at Lily Dale “Season of Reflection” Join me in Lily Dale Retreat Center near Chautauqua, NY where I will be presenting a half day workshop retreat as part of their summer series, “Season of Reflection”: Date:... Read more →

Even Being a Hapless Victim Doesn’t Destroy Hope My youngest daughter turned 23 about a month ago, and decided to take me up on my offer to pick the play she wanted to see at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s annual Shaw Festival, deservedly... Read more →

The Only Real Solution to Conflict and Crisis The only way we solve problems, regain hope and authentic wellbeing, and better empower ourselves is when we can transcend – “get beyond” to a sense of completion and resolution. These are... Read more →

Experience the Transformational Power of Shamanic Journeying Saturday, June 27 from 1-4pm Fee: $30.00 Register online via the Lightways Journeys 2015 event calendar Lightways Garden Room and Native America Medicine Wheel Located at 228 Gilmore Road Brockport, NY 14420 Shamanism... Read more →

The Real Dangers of Prolonged Hopelessness It is the real core killer. It opens the door to addiction and perpetuates it. It sacrifices and separates us from our spirit. Without hope we are truly at risk to not long survive.... Read more →

My Absence Me, for one. I have been absent from blogging and sending out Centering Tools email newsletters throughout the holiday season. The reason why I’ve been so absent involves the final, precipitous and untimely absence of my beloved oldest... Read more →

Are You Willing to Admit? It is not an accident that these are the core elements of the 12 step program founded by AA – admittance and responsibility as ethics. My mother would have said these are the core elements... Read more →

Channeling for Spiritual Healing and Empowerment Classes held at Lightways, 1228 Gilmore road, Brockport, NY 14420 Part I: Wed, Nov 5 Part II: Wed, Nov 12 6:30-9 pm $25 each class, both for $40. (Attendance at both classes is strongly... Read more →

The Real Meaning and Challenge of Personal Growth So much of my work, I’ve understood from the beginning, involves personal growth as the key to self-healing and empowerment. It really involves becoming greater, which is the only way to overcome... Read more →

An Art, Not Just a Science So much is presented these days about the need for self-care – and no wonder! When we experience great stressors and extended responsibilities in our lives, paying central care to ourselves can centrally fly... Read more →