by Maria Merloni | Feb 24, 2012 | Self Love, Spirituality
Recently I developed a new technique for those moments when I am having any type of negative thought. I made reference to it the other day in a blog. It’s very simple. I simply imagine a sea of compassion and unconditional love floating toward me, and then I...
by Maria Merloni | Feb 10, 2012 | Spirituality
I have been reading the book Home with God by Neale Donald Walsch. (Sorry, Neale, the last time I wrote about you I totally hacked your name, but I figure a man like you will probably forgive.) It’s the last in his Conversations with God series, in which he...
by Maria Merloni | Jan 17, 2012 | Spirituality
Last night I woke up in the middle of the night to pee. I know, nothing out of the ordinary, right? But what happened next was. For some reason, while I was sitting there, the fact that I am alone, I am single right now, came up. And for a split second I felt sad. ...
by Maria Merloni | Jan 13, 2012 | Spirituality
Yesterday morning I was feeling kind of melancholy. So I decided to write in my journal. (By the way, that is a good thing to do when you are feeling out of sorts; it helps to clarify your thoughts and feelings when you get them down on paper.) I settled down to...
by Maria Merloni | Dec 28, 2011 | Spirituality
The concept of surrendering has been coming up for me lately. I have been dealing with a huge personal challenge. No, the voice of God/dess didn’t come through and say: “surrender!”, but it may as well have. You know when you just know you are being guided to do...
by Maria Merloni | Dec 13, 2011 | Spirituality
As a therapist and life coach, I hear many times how much people don’t like the holidays, how they find them both stressful and depressing. Below are some how-to’s to start or renew the habit of meditation, which has been shown to reduce both stress and depression....
