Dear Meli, How important do you think consistency is? I ask because I have been practicing meditation for several decades now. However, I change my meditation practice quite often. Whenever I hear about a new form of meditation, I’m always intrigued and have to check it out. However, I always seem to end up back […]

View the post > How Important is Consistency in Spiritual Practice?

There’s a lot of chatter in the world. As I write this, we are moving through the end stages of a particularly stressful and contentious election in the United States. I don’t know about you, but sometimes it’s hard to find myself in the midst of the chatter. What’s most important to me? What do […]

View the post > How to Cut Through the World’s Chatter

Want to forgive? First allow yourself to feel all your feelings, including your anger. Then it's easier to really forgive

View the post > Wanna Forgive? Do This First!

Hey, we’re having a bit of an Arockalypse these days. I call it an Arockalypse because all of our lives are getting rocked upside down. Some more than others. (If you’re reading this Post-Arockalypse, there’s always something going on that has the potential to rock your world. So everything that follows still applies.) Everyone is […]

View the post > The Nature Metaphor Helping Me Through the Arockalypse

Dear Meli,  So, we’re having a pandemic! I am currently stuck at home, working full time from my computer. I’m used to a vibrant office with lots of people, and now I’m home all the time. To make matters worse, I’m home with my husband, who is driving me craaaaaazy. He’s working from home right […]

View the post > How Do I Survive the Pandemic?

I know, we don’t usually think of the words “hack” and “meditation” in the same sentence. Meditation takes time and discipline. Trying to hack your meditation practice is like cheating at solitaire. What’s the point of trying if you’re just going to cheat your way out of it? While these are all noble and – […]

View the post > Here’s a Way to Hack Your Meditation Practice

We all have him. You may not always hear him, but he’s there. Spouting loud, obnoxious stuff. Blatant lies. Cruel insults. Most people call it the ego, but lately I’ve come to see this aspect of myself as a loud, sloppy drunk dude. Yes, it’s a dude. There are certainly lots of crude women out […]

View the post > What to Do About the Drunk Guy in Your Head

For those of us who are into manifestation – and even those that aren’t – there are a few common elements we’ve all come to expect. The vision board. Affirmations. Visualization. But there’s one element to manifestation that often gets left out. This neglected element is crucial to the manifestation process. Indeed, the omission of […]

View the post > What’s Missing in Most Manifestation Regimes

I don’t know about you, but when I think about meditation, I think of a thoroughly solo endeavor. Cut to earnest individual with eyes closed, sitting in a field all by themselves. Right?! Sure, you can meditate with someone else, but it’s not anything they can do for you. It’s not like you can be […]

View the post > ­­­The Best Meditation Help Ever!

There are lots of reasons why following your intuition is hard. Just being able to hear your intuition is a challenge in and of itself. But once you start to open to your intuitive side – and are willing to act on its nudgings – your still small voice gets louder and louder. Then comes […]

View the post > The Hardest Part of Following Your Intuition – and How to Overcome It