Have you ever put someone on a pedestal? I certainly have! Here I offer my own experience when I struggled with self-worth in the company of those I thought were better than me. Thankfully I was able to dig deep, find freedom and grow in confidence.

Do you notice any difference between before and after a cup of coffee? A new career prompted me to explore the different kinds of energy and attention at play. Listen to the podcast below:

This meditation involves paying attention to how we are in our mind and body, and goes further into the experience of our heart. An opportunity to turn to our source of compassion with imagery, energy and love. Also with light instrumental music to accompany to us.

An invitation to recall a recent situation when we saw our beauty and goodness through the eyes of another person. It includes paying attention to the stirrings in our hearts and using loving words to express what the person saw in us. Note: It’s best to let the scene gently emerge in our mind’s eye.

“Once wandering thoughts are totally abandoned, magical displays are no other than that.” – Machig Labdron (1055-1149)

Sometimes we find that a nagging thought or heavy feeling overwhelms us. We see the thought or feeling as our only experience, as if nothing else exists, and it makes life very difficult. Using the image of a cube with its different faces or sides, this is a chance to take a step back and look at our inner experience from multiple perspectives.

A meditation on tuning into the rhythm of the summer breeze and our gentle inner experience. It involves imagining a peaceful scene with the wind moving the curtain of a quiet room. An invitation of love and compassion.

A six-minute stillness exercise expressing our thoughts and feelings toward a person we are having difficulty with. An invitation to a reciprocal warmhearted relationship.

I draw from my American education at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Barack Obama’s ‘Yes We Can’ presidential campaign to offer a short reflection and mantra exercise.