by gemma | Aug 21, 2014 | goals & dreams, health & happiness, inspiration & wisdom, love & fear, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings, tools & strategies
Over the past twenty years, I have been on an epic journey of exploring how to heal the mind, body and spirit. In the past, there was a desperation in my search — a longing for more answers, craving higher credentials, impatiently gathering better tools. I was...
by gemma | Aug 14, 2014 | gems & precious bits, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings, tools & strategies
The allure of curling up under a tree with a good book is especially compelling during the summertime. Enter… a roundup of ten books that could deepen how you live. This is part two of a five part post on books that have changed how I live, heal, create and...
by gemma | Aug 6, 2014 | thoughts & musings
If you’ve been to my office, you know I have a thing for books. Some may call it an addiction, I prefer to call it a passionate love story — complete with illumination, complication, longing, confusion, belonging, clarity, desire and, of course, love. There are...
by gemma | Jul 23, 2014 | gems & precious bits, health & happiness, love & fear, meaningful & life lessons, relationships & sex, self love & self esteem, self sabotage & stuckness, thoughts & musings
Self-examination does not necessarily lead to life balance or acceptance from others — it leads to greater freedom and authenticity. Without self-examination … … we seek comfort over greatness … safety over risk … reassurance over authenticity … the predictable over...
by gemma | Jul 8, 2014 | health & happiness, love & fear, relationships & sex, self love & self esteem, self sabotage & stuckness, thoughts & musings
These days I’m thinking a lot about the conditions we put on love. When my boys hug each other, I smile and offer a loving gaze. When they are less kind {hitting} my smile and loving gaze quickly disappear — I withdraw the visual expression of my love. My boys quickly...
