Changing Old Patterns and Reducing Drama – Four Levels of Reality model

In interpreting daily life, we often take mental shortcuts, predicting current and future situations based on past experience.  When that’s realistic, it’s a form of learning – and when it’s unrealistic, it can blind us to what’s actually happening. A new person I meet dresses and acts a lot like my friend from grade school, [...]

Touched by Life – Where the Blog Title Came From

Welcome to my new blog! I hope you will let yourself be touched by life. At a personal growth retreat program, I encountered the idea of letting life touch me, change me, and reshape me like a stone tumbled in a river. A stone that breaks off of a larger rock starts with sharp edges, [...]