“Staying young forever is an impossible burden. Our bodies change. We slow down. We grow old. Growing old is a natural process of the life cycle; . . .  it is a time to open our minds and deepen into the wisdom and strengths that are inherently our own.” ~Eve Reed The Fall season of our life is the time to realize our whole self. We came into this world being one with our Soul. As infants, we unconsciously manifested this reality. The budding of our consciousness, both in context and focus, was the concrete physical world. The first two...

“For behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal, or a window opening on something more than myself.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery When you put your ear to the ground of your daily life experiences, what do you hear? I ask you this question as it is what I asked myself when, after several days of procrastinating, I finally sat down to write this month’s It’s Soul Time. Why the delay? It wasn’t that I didn’t have anything to say; on the contrary, with each new day came more awe-inspiring experiences that stirred new Soul Alive...

“Do not give away what God has given you.” ~ Susan A. Purnell, Ordination Day to the Priesthood During these hot summer Southern California days, I am aware of the temptation to give into inertia. But is this not the traditional season for leisure, fun, play, and re-creation? Besides, isn’t today, like every day of every season, a time to be Soul Alive? Of course it is. If we choose to show up, be still, stay awake, listen, trust, and act, we will know ourselves today to be Soul Alive. “I have come that you might have life, and that...

“Our separation from each other is an optical illusion of consciousness.” ~Albert Einstein As I have gotten older, it has become unequivocally clear that Soul-honoring communities, such as our newly launched Soul Be – Friending Community of women are not only a good thing, but they are essential to the Soul Alive Journey. In his book, The Hidden Wholeness, The Journey Toward An Undivided Life, Parker J. Palmer says: “Solitude is essential to personal integration: there are places in the landscapes of our lives where no one can accompany us. But because we are communal creatures who need each other’s support...