Do You Have to Spend the Holidays with Your Family?
Dear Meli, The holidays are upon us. Yikes! I know everyone loves Christmas – or a lot of people do – but I’m not one of them. My mom died a few years ago, and ever since then my older brother has taken over being the host for Christmas. My brother...
Using the Enneagram for Personal and Spiritual Liberation
There are lots things to say about the Enneagram, a spiritual personality system comprised of nine ways of approaching the world. But the most important thing to know about it is this: The Enneagram is like Kryptonite to the ego. Just like that alien mineral had the...
My Guru Has a Tail, Episode 14: The Cry Baby
Even Gurus have their problems. Who hasn’t heard of a spiritual teacher brought down by their drug habit? Or misappropriation of funds? Or inappropriate relations with their disciples? Or all three? We’ve already been through a Sex Scandal with our current Guru,...
One Cool Thing You Can Do to Increase Your Prosperity
When you think of increasing your prosperity, especially if you’re one of us woo-woo types, there are probably a few things that come to mind. Vision boards. Affirmations. Deep, intrapsychic explorations to root out and eliminate any and all blocks to receiving...
The Rogue Affirmation That’s Healing Me
Everyone who knows anything about affirmations knows that they’re supposed to be positive. Otherwise they’d be negamations, and those aren’t helpful in creating positive change. Right? Yeah, but. I’ve had success with rogue affirmations in the past, and it’s happening...