We are given three entire months to receive the message winter offers, and to begin to integrate the season’s symbolism into our daily life. During December’s cold days and nights, it is the perfect time to stay in, to go within; to take a pause to ponder, be still, hibernate, and find warmth. Pause during …
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The Hidden Values of Please and Thank You
We are first introduced to please and thank you as good manners, being polite. It is much later, if ever, that we may connect these two statements to spirituality and their effect on relationships. Please is usually followed by a request. When we use it, it is because we want, desire, or wish for something. …
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A Key Secret for Living Without Stress
The Blue Zones are five identified locations on earth featured in various documentaries explaining why the people who live there enjoy longer, healthier and happier lives than anywhere else on the globe. Given my Greek heritage and ability to converse in the language, I decided to zero in on the Blue Zone of Ikaria, one …
Inner Peace Involves Shedding
Autumn autumn time for release and the leaves surrender why can’t I let go like them why the delay the unnecessary holding on the resistance to the arrival of Life’s Autumns -Yolanda Koumidou What is inner peace? Often, we describe feeling the sensation of “inner peace” after we get something we want. Our life …
Summer Vacations: In Pursuit of Happiness
Many of us book summer vacations in pursuit of happiness, only to find our problems waiting for us on the beach. Everything we get involved in is part of this all-encompassing pursuit. However, often the ways we reach for happiness become the cause of our unhappiness. What do I mean? I’m not claiming to be …
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How Free Are You, Really? A July 4th Question to Ponder.
You probably think you have the freedom to make any choice when making decisions. You don’t. Free choice happens when you are faced with all possible options before you decide. However, the way our personalities are formed prevents us from the luxury of considering all options. Freedom is when we lay in front of us …
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Fathering, a Balancing Act
Among the many celebrations June brings, we have Father’s Day. So today, I will talk about fathers. A father’s archetypal role is that of a provider of strength and security. The pressure is on, the moment a man becomes a father. The responsibility is quite demanding. Often this responsibility is taken up to such an …
Celebrating Mothering, In All Its Forms
May your Mother’s Day be celebrated with spring’s colorful flowers, and may the cards you give or receive be filled with gratitude and heartfelt wishes. This article is about mothering, in all its forms. Mothers. Everyone has one. Often where there is more than one child in the family, it is curiously surprising to hear …
Unfolding Our Intuition: Decision-Making Without Regrets
April, with its unfolding of petals and young sprouts so vegetative growth may take place, always reminds me of a similar process in us humans: the unfolding of wise inner direction through intuition for our personal growth to take place. When we can utilize our intuition, we receive corrective guidance enabling decision-making without regrets. Regret …
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March, A Time of Awakenings
The seasons provide wisdom for reaching inner peace and keep repeating this wisdom year after year. But do we lift our heads up to notice, to get the message? Or, do we stay with head down, eyes shut, carrying on our usual complaining: “It is too cold,” “It is too hot,” “The leaves this year …
