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The Practice Of Being
I travel to the Scottish isle of Iona to write and to walk. The landscape and the seascape mirror my interior weather. The wind carries a delicate mist that sings a sweet and lonely tune - an ancient cadence carried in rivulets through the heather and stone, in the...
Can you spot your full-service agency?
The advertising, marketing, and tech industries are jam-packed with buzz words, so much so that they daily produce some hilarious memes. But one particular catch phrase seems to rise above them all: the full-service agency. Chances are when you’re conducting your...
The Gift of Grace – for Yourself
December is a hard time of year for a lot of people. There’s less sunshine, the weather is colder, we’re all indoors more often. Perhaps you are in a line of work where you are struggling to make or reconcile end of year numbers. Kids are out of school for an extended...
12 Lessons Learned from 12 Months of Being a Financial Business Owner
This month marks the one-year anniversary of launching my financial planning firm, Abeona Wealth. A year ago it seemed like a pretty crazy thing to start a new business in the midst of a global pandemic. But as I’m sure many of you can agree, viewing the world through...
The Unconscious Mind
What controls you? We think that our behaviors stem from our conscious awareness, but often, we are under a greater influence whose main job is to ensure our survival. I am not talking about an outside entity. I am talking about our unconscious mind. Our unconscious...
Choosing a Childbirth Education Class: What’s the best prep for the final exam?
Got a baby on the way? You probably have a gazillion questions about the big day – especially if you are a first-time mom. While nothing can recreate the actual experience of bringing a child into this world, childbirth education classes are a great way to ready...
When we go back to normal
“When we go back to normal.” Normal? Go back? It is no wonder these days are so incredibly hard, even when the vaccination efforts seem to be working and COVID deaths and hospitalizations are dropping, businesses are opening, friends are hugging. It’s still hard....
The Importance Of Talking About Money Shame For Financial Wellbeing
For many of us, money can be a source of stress, anxiety, and even shame. Shame is one of the most common and powerful emotions associated with money. It stops people in their tracks and causes avoidance and stagnation. It becomes a vicious cycle, and the next thing...
Vitamin D: A key supplement for COVID-19 & beyond
With all the fear surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, one would hope the medical community would rally itself, brainstorm a working solution, and then doctors and the media would cooperate to immediately inform people of simple (correct) measures one could take to...
Spiritual Practitioners in the Business World
I fell on my face. Not literally …. but Spiritually. About 10 years ago I left NY and moved back to my hometown of Birmingham, AL. I was “retiring” from my life in NY as a photographer to help my aging parents as well as live my passion as a Spiritual Counselor and...