So what do we do when someone is straight up pissing us off? Our ego minds tell us we need to take action – giving us helpful advice like, “Don’t be a doormat, don’t let them get away with that – you deserve better – you need to demand respect, put them in their place, teach them a lesson.” This … Read More
One Practice Guaranteed to Change Your Life Forever
By Lisa Natoli
Have you ever felt disconnected and alone? (of course, who hasn’t?) Have you felt shut off from your creativity and joy? Do you feel stuck, incapable of making anything change? Do you feel so overwhelmed that you just don’t know where to start? If the answer is yes, you’re in the right place! Most people try to find more motivation … Read More
How A Course in Miracles Healed My Anxiety
By Kelly Russell
What is anxiety anyway? As a psychotherapist and transformational coach, I see and treat symptoms of it every day. Anxiety sucks. Right out loud. The end. That’s my clinical assessment. At best, for some, it takes the form of a low-level undercurrent of worry; at worst, for others, it means debilitating, paralyzing panic, accompanied by very real feelings of reliving … Read More
Life on Planet Miracle: Answers to Questions About How to Live in the World
By Kelly Russell
If you are called to A Course in Miracles, and it feels like Truth to you, and yet you sometimes struggle with trying to be a student of it while dealing with the bullshit of life in the world (and I’m not just addressing new Course students here – I have been doing both of those things for 16 years … Read More
Planning with Spirit vs. Planning with Ego: How to Stay Centered When Your Plans Go Awry
By Kelly Russell
They say that we make plans and God laughs. They also say that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Is it me, or do the “they” that say everything seem to be contradicting themselves? I’ma just go out on a limb here and call “they” the ego mind, since trying to convince us all that opposing thoughts … Read More
Relationships 101: How to Handle Conflict and Recognize the Guidance of Spirit vs. the Ego
By Kelly Russell
In this realm of higher learning known as A Course in Miracles, I think of the 600-page Text as the required reading, the 365-lesson Workbook as the study guide, and the Manual for Teachers as the handbook for anyone who chooses to be a teacher of God using this particular form of the universal curriculum. All three are important components … Read More
