Change is the Only Constant
Everything changes, whether you are aware or not.  Change is inevitable. It’s part of life and what gives us life.  We often struggle with change and make many attempts to keep things the same because they are familiar to us.  However, when Spring comes, we welcome this change with open arms and look forward to...
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Transforming Suffering Through Gratitude
The celebration of Thanksgiving this month brings us an opportunity to focus on gratitude and on what is going well in our lives.  Being grateful when life is going well, is easy to do and most of us can do it effortlessly.  However, when life is challenging and we are facing pain, it’s harder to...
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Letting Go
Upon awakening we can feel the cooler weather and we know with certainty that more is coming because we have experienced it so many times before. Soon, we’ll see the beautiful change of color of the leaves on the trees and the sight will remind us how blessed we are to have eyes to see...
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Summer is a time for FUN, RENEWAL and ACTION
Welcome Summer! I have been anxiously awaiting its arrival. This is a time for fun, renewal and action for me and I hope for you as well. I enjoy gardening and creating colorful space outdoors that attract butterflies and hummingbirds around my home. I also love the ocean in the summer, it is such a...
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The Joy of Fatherhood -An interview with Walt Torchon, LCPC
Walt is a young therapist at The Personal Wellness Center. He has a good sense of humor and enjoys connecting with people.  His ability to connect with children, teenagers, and adults is great.  He is dedicated to the work he does with his clients and recognizes that his first priority is to his family, and...
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Spring Forward
As we start to see signs of Spring, excitement begins to grow inside us because a season of renewal is about to come.   These past two years we have faced many challenges and it appears they will linger a bit longer than we had anticipated.  I would like to invite you to see that all...
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New Beginnings: Becoming Your BEST Self
As this new year begins, you are invited to leave behind your old struggles and have a fresh start.  Each struggle from the past brings with it new opportunities and new insights.  At first, you may not see them, but they are always there.  Walk through the struggles and invite miracles, love, wellness, abundance, and...
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The Mystery of Life
Life can be a mystery that we don’t quite understand and sometimes it may feel as if life is happening to us rather than us taking charge of it.  We experience certain events and suffering that do not make sense to us.  Learning to “go with the flow”, welcoming the mystery of life, and allowing...
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Finding Your Bliss
Everyone is born with GREATNESS in their heart and finding the key to unleashing that greatness is our life’s purpose. Working toward unfolding our life’s purpose creates inner peace, emotional wellbeing and leads us to finding BLISS. There are six important components to creating BLISS in your life.  The first one is Passion and Meaning. ...
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A New Paradigm, a New Life
A New Paradigm, a New Life The word “paradigm” sounds like a powerful and strong word, and it is.  If you don’t know what it means I would encourage you to understand this concept as thoroughly as possible because it has the potential to change your life for the better. Knowing your own paradigm brings...
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A new season, a NEW You!
Spring is a wonderful time for renewal and new beginnings.  To reinvent ourselves takes courage, to release our old self is scary to our ego and it will fight you.  Courage is necessary to make the leap from the old to the new.  Courage is not the absence of fear but a recognition that fear...
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A Story of PERSEVERANCE and SUCCESS
  A Story of PERSEVERANCE and SUCCESS Sometimes our fears can keep us stuck in places we know we don’t want to be.  On April 25, 2015, I fell to the ground in my backyard.  I was unable to sit up, roll over, move my head, walk, my vision and speech were impaired.  I could...
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