It's Okay to Disappoint People When You're Honoring Yourself

“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.” ~Brené Brown On a recent day trip to the Yuba River with my daughter and two friends, unexpected tensions arose, offering me a chance to reflect on a lifelong pattern that has …...Read More

The Essentials of Toxic Relationship Recovery

By Golden Hour Publications Emerging from the ruins of a toxic relationship can feel overwhelming, leaving scars that seem eternal. Fear of being eternally alone and not loved, leading to a cycle of returning to or staying in toxic relationships and harmful situations? Feeling emotionally exhausted? Or even struggling to …...Read More

Free Yourself from Sugar Addiction This Holiday Season

“Part of the ingenuity of any addictive drug is to fool you into believing that life without it won’t be as enjoyable” ~Alan Carr “I’m okay, thanks.” See that? I just turned down a Tony’s Chocolonely from our family advent calendar. I don’t care that it’s a white raspberry popping …...Read More

Across da frozen lake

Max and Arlene lived by a lake in Nordern Minnesota. It vas early vinter and da lake had froze over. Max asked Arlene if she vould valk across da frozen lake to da yeneral store to get him some beer. She asked him for some money but he said, “Nah, …...Read More

House on fire!

“You simply watch; you stand by the side unconcerned.” Whatsoever is going on in your mind, don’t interfere, don’t try to stop it. Do not do anything, because whatsoever you do will become a discipline. So do not do anything at all. Just watch. Watching is not a doing. Just …...Read More

Geet Govind

(1935 – 11 August 2024) Dear friends, It is with a mourning but happy heart that I share the news that our dear friend, Geet Govind (Jonas Dangschat), left us on August 11, 2024. Govind first met Osho in the early 1970s, and I had the pleasure of getting to …...Read More

Wintertime: bring along those books!

Reviews by Madhuri of books by Maggie Hartley, Suzanne Barnes, David Attenborough, Christine Kenneally, Colin Butcher, Anna McNuff, Sally Field, Lucy Cooke, Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan, Katie Fforde Who Will Love Me Now by Maggie Hartley What was amazing about this book came towards the end; I always like …...Read More

From Pain to Power: Letting Go of Approval to Love Myself

“If you love yourself, it doesn’t matter if other people like you because you don’t need their approval to feel good about yourself.” ~Lori Deschene For most of my life, I worried about what others thought. Every move I made felt like a performance for someone else. I’d built my …...Read More

Higanbana: flowers from the other shore

Photographs of red spider lilies by Surendra (view fullscreen by clicking on arrows top right) Locations and life cycle In this series of photographs, higanbana, or red spider lilies, can be seen in a variety of Japanese locations. They range from river banks to hill sides; along the edges of …...Read More

Being at Home

A review by Dhiren of Ma Neelam’s book; “A classic in the genre of master-disciple memoirs.” Seeing, Watching, Living with the Master and Being at Home by Ma Yoga Neelam Launched: 11 December 2022 India: amazon.in USA and international: oshoviha.org Canada: keystoanewlife.com Germany and Europe: meditationandmore.de For any other query: …...Read More