Define What it Means to be Present!

You know what the holiday times do to you and to your family. You better than anyone can feel the undercurrents rattling and roaring in yourself, the world, and your environment. The question is: how present are you in the moment? How truly present are you with the ones you love, the ones who need your presence most? Your presence is required to respond appropriately to who you are interacting with. Your presence is required to guide you to talk and listen with the greatest calm, clarity and focus that you can with others. If you have a child or children, they need your loving, caring attention and connected presence, no matter what else is going on for you. When you are present within yourself, (more…)

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Attract a Great New Year!

Humility  Nina Sidell December 30, 2012

Light souls in a heavy world

Feel the burdens of the red blood boils

In harm’s way, purity and innocence soiled (more…)

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Dealing with Change!

Today’s a day like any other. If you think about it, the way you greet each day truly sets you up for the experience you will have living it. Your expectations revolve around what you’ve experienced so far, and what you expect about what’s to come. If you stay true to your history and your expectations, you may not adapt well if the reality changes. In other words, when you are open to whatever the day brings, whether positive or negative, you receive the benefits of “going with the flow”.

You allow the events, subsequently your feelings, personal interpretations, projections and life lessons to naturally appear to you as they unfold. It is up to you and your perspective alone to recognize it’s magic. You wave the wand (more…)

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Home for the Holidays!

Springtime, and the major holidays that come with it, are about renewal and regeneration. That being said, the opportunity for healing in families is ever-present when you go home for the holidays. Passover and Easter set the perfect stage for new opportunities to relate, connect, re-define roles and heal. While you cannot change past history, you can create a better future history.

Traveling to see family, perhaps new places or old memories is what holidays are all about. The traditions may differ, yet the basic emphasis of connecting with loved ones is a shared value for us all. One definition (more…)

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