by Kristine Madera | Jan 23, 2020 | Articles, Blog
Birthquake by Kristine Madera Article first published in WNC Woman Magazine 2012 I had the most luscious gift as I stretched my eyes open on the morning of my 40th birthday. No, it wasn’t a gourmet breakfast in bed, or a diamond bracelet on the nightstand, it was a...
by Kristine Madera | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog
Or at Least Authenticity is not JUST Speaking from the Heart… If you paid any attention at all to the 2016 US election, chances are you heard the work “authenticity” come up regarding the two final candidates. Trump was anointed as authentic, while Clinton was scorned...
by Kristine Madera | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog
Your Subconscious LOVES to Play… (mind games with you) I was talking to a client the other day about the “old stuff” that keeps coming up and getting in the way of her happiness. As we were talking about that, she said that an image of a rotting flower bulb came to...
by Kristine Madera | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog
Competitive Meditation? A favorite spiritual writer of mine (okay, it’s Eknath Easwaran if you must know) said that to cultivate more spirituality in life we should have meditation competitions rather than sports competitions. The idea struck me interesting in the...
by Kristine Madera | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog
Inspiration: Emotional, Mental or Soul? Like most things in life, the word “inspiration” has different flavors for different people. When I looked “inspiration” up in the dictionary for clarification, it is listed as meaning, “the act or power of moving the intellect...
by Kristine Madera | Dec 8, 2019 | Blog
Why Affirmations Don’t Work Chances are you’ve heard about affirmations and how they help you perform better, but did you know that positive self-talk statements like “I can do this!” are not as effective as we’ve all been told? Sure, they are way better than negative...
