If you think Covid is a hoax, you might want to skip this post. If you don’t like when people find silver linings – or entire pieces of silver – in the midst of challenges, you might want to skip it as well. Almost four years after Covid first made its pesky appearance on the […]

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How can you get back on track with healthy habits? Here are some ways to cultivate a healthier lifestyle!

View the post > How Do I Get Back on Track with Healthy Habits?

Dear Meli, My drug of choice is food, especially sugar. For many years, I had it under control. And then came 2022. For whatever reason, I found myself back in the food. I don’t attend 12-step meetings, because they never worked for me. I do have a spiritual practice, which has helped me stay sober. But lately […]

View the post > How Can I Handle the Return of My Addiction?

Dear Meli, I have been attending a New Thought center for about three years. Soon after I started attending, I met a friend there I’ll call Tricia. Tricia and I became close friends immediately. She was smart, funny, and sensitive. About a year into our friendship, she developed cancer. A few months after that, she […]

View the post > My Spiritual Community Blamed My Friend for Her Cancer

Dear Meli, I’m having some problems with self-care. Actually, I don’t think that I have a problem with self-care, but my husband thinks I do. He worries about me. I’m a therapist and social worker, and I spend a lot of time caring for others. And I love caring for others! But my husband is […]

View the post > How Can I Prioritize Self-Care?

Dear Meli, My wife and I were married for forty long years. It was a good marriage for the first couple of decades, but the second half of our marriage was challenging. My wife had numerous challenges with her mental health, one of which was frequent outbursts of anger. The older she got, the more […]

View the post > How Do I Handle Being Relieved by My Spouse’s Death?

Dear Meli, I am a deep believer that everything in life is perfect and given to us by Spirit, even the hard stuff. One of the things I’ve struggled with for a long time is my body. I am over 60 years old, and have never felt totally at home in my female body. I […]

View the post > Did Spirit Give Me the Right Body?

Dear Meli, My husband died a few years ago, and ever since then I haven’t felt as connected to my life here on earth. It’s not that I’m depressed necessarily, but I also don’t know why I’m still here. I’ve lived a good life, and I have nothing else I want to accomplish this lifetime. […]

View the post > How Do I Find Purpose in My Later Years?

Dear Meli, Do you have any ideas or advice about the connection between physical healing and emotional pain? I have a very difficult relationship with an old friend. In recent years, she has become more and more abusive. So much so, I recently stepped back from the friendship altogether. Since I stepped away, I’ve been […]

View the post > What’s the Connection Between Physical Pain and Emotions?

Dear Meli, I know that a lot of people are having a really hard time these days. People are dying. People are losing their jobs. People are super stressed out. I am definitely feeling for all those folks that are having a hard time right now, and …. This whole Corona Virus thing is probably […]

View the post > Is It Okay to Be Chill When Everyone Else Is Freaking Out?