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If you’ve ever wondered how some people can experience painful situations and yet still remain calm and peaceful, the answer is to change your perspective to a wider, larger context. When we rise up to a bigger picture, a broader view, a more universal lens, then the pain dissipates, diffuses, releases and becomes a non-issue,Read more

While we are always reflecting and changing throughout the year, it seems that this particular time of year is especially poignant for assessing our selves, our behaviors, our patterns, and our lives.   In the spirit of the New Year, I’d like to offer you a gift. If you are ready to make changes (bigRead more

whatever the cause for joy and jubilation or the story behind your festive season isn’t it grand to have a special time to focus on gratitude, blessings and love   to take a few days to really celebrate the things that unite, bind, and tie us for we are not only a world family butRead more

Interested in what changes 2012 brings? Click this link to read my article “2012: The Rise of Consciousness” in the St. George Independent newspaper.   http://www.suindependent.com/article/EditorialsHumor/4037/ Send to KindleRead more

Note from Elise:  Occasionally I invite guests to post their thoughts for you. I think you’ll enjoy their ideas and unique voices. At the end of each post, you can read a brief bio about the guest author. Enjoy! *******   Dan Erickson   Thoughts have scattered with wind; ideas washed by autumn rain. NothingRead more

A recent report by the Association for Psychological Science titled “Wandering Minds and Aging Cells” (Epel, Puterman, Lin, Blackburn, Lazaro and Mendes) shows that a mind that is present and in the moment indicates well-being, whereas shifting our energy to the past or future can lead to unhappiness.   Science has finally begun to prove whatRead more

Thanks to reader Jeanne Schwarzer: after reading my last post titled “Shifting Gears,” she sent me this story:   A man lived along a lake in Mexico. Every day he fished from the lake and cooked the fish for his family for lunch. Then he’d catch more fish in the afternoon, have a siesta, and thenRead more

why do i do this putting myself into situations that demand so much offering so little free time taking all my energy, focus   what if i stopped driving myself so fast, furious allowed space to pause breathe just be   would i be a slacker unmotivated without ambition   or would i be balancedRead more

“Will you consciously give Divinity the experience of knowing Itself and showing Itself in, as, and through You?” (Neale Donald Walsch)   What a fantastic way to view our lives here on Earth — as opportunities for the divine to express, to experience, to know, and to shine through the window of our humanness.  Read more

Author and Blogger R. Ann Rousseau has written a review of my book, The Spiritual Human — a poetic guide to Life on Earth. You can read her comments on her blog: http://explorebeyondtheusual.blogspot.com/2012/11/robin-rousseau-reviews-spiritual-human.html or on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/The-Spiritual-Human-poetic-guide/product-reviews/0615700225/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 If you would like to share your comments about my book, please comment on this post, post themRead more