My Cooking Isn’t Making Him Happy

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Posted on September 29, 2021 at 12:53 am

Are you taking on more household responsibilities for your partner to try to make him happy? If so, you decide to add these chores to your endless to-do list: cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping. You’re hoping that by doing more […]

Warriors for Peace Podcast [Interview]

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Posted on April 10, 2021 at 6:58 pm

I was invited to be on Sally Chang’s “Warriors for Peace Podcast.” Sally is a Chief Instructor for Evergreen Taiji Academy, seasoned Acupuncturist & dedicated practitioner of internal martial arts from a Daoist perspective. We had a wonderful conversation. 🙂 […]

3-Day Workshop, 4/30/21 – 5/2/21, “From Anger to Creating Peace, Freedom & Healing”

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Posted on March 26, 2021 at 11:13 pm

THIS IS NOT ANGER “MANAGEMENT.” THIS IS ABOUT DEEP INTROSPECTIVE WORK TO HEAL YOUR HEART, MIND, BODY & SOUL. THIS IS ANGER TRANSFORMATION. About this Event Register here through Eventbrite You’ve gone to great lengths to tame, minimize, control, suppress, […]

20 Intimate Things to Do for Yourself During COVID

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Posted on March 26, 2021 at 11:04 pm

This past year, many of my clients, friends, and family have talked about the lonely ache they feel. I, too, have felt lonely and a deep longing for community. There have been moments when it seemed that nothing could soothe me. […]

It’s Scarce and More Precious than Gold…

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Posted on October 15, 2020 at 6:27 am

It’s limited and scarce. It’s more precious and valuable than gold… Your time. How are you spending your days right now? Are you busy Doing? Are you Doing so much that you have neither time nor space for yourself? If […]

Zen & Anger Workshop :) Sunday, 9/27/20

Posted on September 16, 2020 at 8:24 pm

I’m collaborating with the San Francisco Zen Center, co-facilitating a 4-hour online workshop with Siobhan Cassidy. 💜💜💜 “The Transformative Purpose of Anger: Deconstructing Strong Emotions from a Zen Perspective” Sunday, 27 September 2020 10 am – 2 pm PST$100-$70 For registration and more information, click here […]

Anger Training, $300, 9/14/20-11/20/20

Posted on August 25, 2020 at 6:44 pm

Join Vanessa Alfaro – The Empowered Communicator for her 3-month live zoom-training beginning Monday,14 September – 20 November 2020. Cost is $300. Register through Eventbrite. My 3-month live zoom-training, “From Anger to Creating Peace, Freedom, and Healing in Your Life,” is for those […]

I Want to Feel Alive. How Do I Access My Feelings?

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Posted on August 25, 2020 at 6:41 pm

You are energy. You’re an energetic being because all matter was once part of a sun, including your body. Your feelings describe the energy that you experience in your body. Emotional energy is neutral until some internal or external stimulus […]

Anger Training, $300, 9/14/20-11/20/20

Posted on August 17, 2020 at 12:00 am

When You’re Triggered, Instead of Spiraling…

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Posted on August 16, 2020 at 11:56 pm

My meditation teacher says, “When something happens, and we start to think, we enter the ocean of suffering.” Your thinking creates your world. Your thinking affects your emotions. Your thinking creates your suffering. He also teaches a meditation practice where […]

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