Category: Serene Living
Posts on the practice of a serene life — the small disciplines that hold steady when the world doesn’t, the choices that build calm over time, and the moments when contentment becomes a skill worth practicing.
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Emotions and Finances
The biggest unexpected financial setbacks in my life have all been the result of letting my emotions get in the way while I took my eye off the financial ball. I think about that much more these days, now that I’m focused like a fiend on making sure I have enough for my retirement…even though…
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Astrology Hobby: How to Offend an Astrologer
The world of celestial patterns unfolds as an astrology hobby enthusiast recounts her journey of discovery, intuition, and a deep-seated connection with the cosmos. I am told that I offend professional astrologers everywhere when I use terms like “astrology buff” or “astrology hobbyist.” However, I use those words about myself, not about the pros. Astrology…
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Choosing between Professional Goals and Personal Goals
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book of business advice for millennials, How to Be a Badass Cubicle Dweller. And bam! Just like that, I laid to rest the professional goal I’d been running after for over 25 years—Senior Executive Service within the Department of Defense. Literally overnight after meeting with my mentor,…
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Love and Late Blooming Flowers
A lyrical personal essay on late-blooming flowers and what they reveal about love, hope, and the gifts Nature delivers when we least expect them.
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Before You Get Too Old, Make Things Right
There’s nothing sadder—or more karmic—than the husk of a once vital, strong, aggressive, even abrasive individual who has waited too late to make things right and has to both live and die with that regret. I’ve seen enough of it to know to try to do my best by people so that I won’t have…
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Applied Astrology: Leo Moons and Narcissistic Behaviors
As a blogger on the subjects of astrology and empaths, I find that the question I’m asked more than any other is about zodiac signs and narcissists, which I believe to be the polar opposite of an empath and certainly the bane of many empaths I know, including myself. The most consistent and amusing question…
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The Single Biggest Regret of my Life
See there, I know what you did—you saw me say “the biggest single regret of my life” and you rushed over here to see if I was going to dish about a certain someone. Or, maybe, even about you. I’ve tried to live my life without regrets. I understand that I am a culmination of…
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What It Is Wednesday: The Magical Gift of Synchronicity
I love synchronicity, those sudden coincidences or long-growing life-changers that are changes of direction on our life maps and sometimes intersections with something or someone we never dreamed of. If ever there was a Godspark, synchronicity is it. It’s having your meeting moved unexpectedly to a building you never visit and running into someone you…
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I Literally Changed My Perspective in One Afternoon
Last week, in the course of one afternoon, I literally changed my perspective. And when I say literally, I mean both physically and mentally. If I’d had any idea how one little change in my work space would make life easier, I would have done it a few years back. You might not think that…
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What It Is Wednesday: What Do I Want?
All my Father’s Day weekend company left, and I’m looking at a long list of chores and projects that “should have been done already,” like…weeks ago…that I feel the need to stress over because so much has always been expected of me, by myself more than anyone. And I’m deciding to take them one at…
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What It Is Wednesday: Is It ME with Drama?
Whoa. What happened? I’m not the one with drama. I’m never the one with drama. That’s other people, people all around me, but not me. But then, why am I feeling the ups and downs of personal drama at the moment? Why are my own personal feelings upsetting to the person who has me so…
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What It Is Wednesday: Through the Lens of The Last Guy
https://www.thespiritualeclectic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/tellit-Wed-768×432.jpg So I…I met someone. Um, yeah. You think you’re surprised? Ha. Think about how I feel. I honestly didn’t think I’d ever allow myself to be stirred again, out of self-defense, let alone actually meet someone who has so many of the qualities I desire in a man. I’m a bit thrown off kilter,…