Living a Life of Purpose

Spirituality in real time.

Dorothy Firman Ed.D. LMHC, BCC

Desire: Who's in Charge?

Desire can drive us towards our greatest accomplishments and it can also take us quickly down the slippery slope to disaster. The solution? Know who (in you) is the source of the desire!

The empty bench

Saying Goodbye…Slowly

As women, we are all daughters. Learning to make the mother/daughter relationship work is the first step. We are invited to do this in our inner world and in real time. Learning to let it go is the last step, but not before we internalize the best of what that relationship offered us.

house and garden

Spring Cleaning: From the Inside Out

Spring cleaning starts on the inside! The garden of our heart, the inner rooms of our mind, these are the place to start. De-cluttering is not just about the too-many-things in our outer world. It is also about the many, many things that fill our minds and hearts that do not serve us.

SELF.....ish

Is it better to give than to receive? Or is it, in fact, better to know how to give and how to receive? Finding the balance between selfishness and self-sacrifice is all about hearing the Call of your SELF.

A map of our masks

Take Off That Mask!

It's almost Halloween! Time to put on a mask. But wait, we are already wearing so many masks. Maybe it is time to take some of them off.

cliff diving

The Risk of Living Deeply

For all of our efforts to stay safe, the risk that we are all drawn to is that which takes us closer to our own heart and soul. The Call of Self invites us to step out of safety and into our own truth.

Defenseless

We've been building moats around the castle since we figured out how to build castles. But why? Why is it so important to protect everything? Protect it (us) from what?

At the Choice Point

Tis the Season…..

Taking a stand against the pull of family history, culture and tradition allows us to create a holiday season that has true meaning. Time to take stock of what is really important, what we really believe and how we (uniquely) want to move through this season. 

True Power

As the story goes, the renegade samurai (ronin, they call them) was running through the streets slaying people in his rage. The villagers, fleeing to safety, ran up into the hills and yelled to the monk meditating in his (her) temple. Run, run, run... the ronin is coming. The monk, as one would predict in a morality tale, continued to sit in serene meditation. The ronin finally got to the temple and confronted the monk, sword at the ready. "Don't you know I have the power to run you through with my sword?" he (she) said. A deep breath and the monk responded...

Meditation to Go!

There are no easy answers. But there are some easy strategies and if we can institute even a few little calming moments, then we have changed our lives. And like any habit, bad or good, the more we practice a strategy, the more it becomes a habit. The more it becomes a habit, the more it becomes a way of life. And the way of life is all we have.

Twixt Heaven and Hell

Summertime and the livin' is easy...........maybe

Happy INTERDEPENDENCE Days!!!

Celebrate Interdependence days on the 4th of July and every day!  

What's a Grandmother To Do?

Just Say Yes!

The One and the Many

Who decides what to buy at the grocery store? The dieter? The pleasure seeker? The one who is in a hurry? The rebel (angry at the dieter)? 

Life on purpose!

Lots of life feels like an accident, from the actual accident-car crash, lost wallet, third child-to the choices we thought we'd made that were going to work and somehow seemed not to. "Accidents, accidents, all accidents" cried the terrible toy breakers."