Every Life is an Open Book

Every Life is an Open Book by Guest Blogger Kati Lepistö It is almost 20 years now. I was 20 years old, a young model living in Los Angeles that was spending the holidays at home with her family in Finland. There I was in the emergency room because I wasn’t feeling well at all. The doctor on duty … [Read more...]

Inner Strength Trumps Outer Strength

"Inner strength is a powerhouse of activity that when exercised daily will take you beyond any levels of outer strength you can imagine."   - Debra Oakland The buzz about living from the inside out is everywhere these days. If you think this is easy, think again. If you want to fly more expansively … [Read more...]

The Woman Who Saved Me

A Snippet from Brita Corradini's Website: Three years ago, the word cancer filled my entire life.  Each day was spent talking about it, prodding it, quietly desperate for someone to save me from a body that I thought had betrayed me.  I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage II breast … [Read more...]

The Gift of Validation

Guest article by Brandi Rarus - I am an Oprah fan, and watched her show for years. I think she is a great teacher, who speaks about letting go of pain and finding joy. Over the years she has also said she believes that our feelings of self worth are tied to being validated. For example, when … [Read more...]

Validation – Internal or External?

Article by Debra Oakland Validation - internal or external? Do you need to feel validated and if so, how and why? I like to think of internal as living from the inside out, external - living from the outside in. Many people look to others for a sense of self-worth. It starts in childhood and … [Read more...]