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In gratitude.
Jody Drexler
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February 2026Our family recently had an unexpected loss of a close and beloved family member. There isn’t anything that can prepare you for loss. I have another loved one who has slowly declined due to dementia and it’s been a painful and long loss watching who she was disappear… -
May 2025Our Natural Source-Centered state, who we are at our core, is Compassion, Love and Peace. And we can tap into that at any moment. Yet sometimes we get pulled into upsets. Our fear-based negativity often comes from our early-life influencers, who could only teach what they learned. The… -
April 2025“The Laws of Thought are the Laws of Destiny. Whatever you believe with feeling, that you bring into your life.” Emmet Fox Whatever we maintain as our persistent and energized thoughts, express themselves in our lives. We have those spiraling downward energized thoughts that have the power to… -
December 2024For me the holidays are a time of Joy and Fun, and of Expressing our Giving Spirit. And sometimes they are filled with family stresses, obligations, excesses of food and stuff all around us, added financial juggling, and a never-ending to-do list. And even if I have a… -
November 2024Sometimes our lives feel like a struggle. We may feel overwhelmed about our health, our finances, our family or work life, our love life or about changes or losses with loved ones. Add to that world events, and it brings up fears which throw us into a state… -
October 2024To those of you who lovingly gave me your email address at a psychic fair some time quite a bit ago, I apologize that it has taken so long to get something spiritual into your in-box. If I misspelled your name, please please let me know. For those… -
Since a lot of my beliefs and lifestyles are not quite mainstream, there have been times – and sometimes there still are times that I have negative self-talk and label myself as weird and different. And the truth is, my way of thinking is not for everyone. I… -
All of us have old messages that we have picked up from well-meaning folks in our lives, that are just not in our best interest. I’ve had an old idea that I’ve been continually working to release over the years. I’ve been letting go of it through effort,… -
I made a decision that I wanted to semi-retire from my day job. I don’t have the personality to just retire and have a life of leisure – that sounds too boring for me. What I want is to reinvigorate and reinvent my future with what I’m Passionate… -
We tend to ask why questions about every life experience we want to change. Why can’t I lose weight – faster? Why can’t I handle my finances and find prosperity? Why can’t I find the job, or relationship or “fill in the blank” that I want? Why am… -
It’s that time of year. New Year, fresh start, filled with Hope – we make our New Year’s resolutions list. The root for resolution is resolve – which contains a lot of self-determination and in my experience, judgement. We usually have on our list all the things we… -
There are several people in my immediate inner circle who are experiencing difficult life challenges – and it is heartbreaking to me. When it is someone we love – dear friend, spouse, parent, child – it feels devastating. We try to search and question the Universe for a… -
I know it might seem unbelievable because I am a writer, and a very wordy one at that, but I am pretty uncomfortable with small talk conversations. I’m great at one-on-one or even large groups when it comes to heartfelt topics or service. I have always depended on… -
In my last blog, I talked about searching your Soul, writing down your Heart’s Desires, and making a list of Spiritual Action Steps. That might seem daunting right now…and just how do we keep ourselves motivated? By ourselves, we tend to have big Dreams and then lose momentum… -
New Year’s resolutions are usually external stuff we want to change – lose weight, exercise more, make more money, be or do better. They are full of regret for what we have done or not done previously – full of self-judgement. Today rather than New Year’s Resolutions (that… -
Over a year ago, we were doing one step forward testing the waters of normalcy and two steps back full of fear. Now we are doing one step forward and then quickly stepping back into the safety of our home cocoon. For me, I am not at the… -
None of us, including myself, like to hear that people are as they are – not how we wish they would or could be. We all struggle with the fact that no matter how hard we try, we can’t seem to change them or what they do. What… -
It is very common these days to hear people talking about setting boundaries in challenging relationships. What they are really saying is that someone is not treating them the way they want. And usually, they are reacting and even abandoning their own wishes to please the other person.… -
Ok, this is going to sound really depressing but this is what I keep hearing from family and friends. They are “sick and tired of this endless, when is this going to be over pandemic.” There is battle weariness at seeing others’ life tragedies, or experiencing them first-hand.… -
There is a Feng Shui concept. When you symbolically keep an empty drawer for a guest…you open up space for a new relationship or friendship. Clear clutter, you open space for more abundance – in all areas of your life. You are signaling the Universe that you are… -
My family made a decision to social distance to keep each other safe. So, no one is hugging…it’s now been 9 months as I’m writing this. I made that decision when I thought this thing was going to be over in a few weeks. But the reason for… -
A world-wide pandemic is frightening and horribly destructive – and yet it has forced us to stop or slow down. Most of us have been given more free time and been directed to go inside. What a spiritual metaphor that is. And because of these circumstances we are… -
Making a mistake – we have given this word so much condemnation power. I hear myself and many other people say such horrid things to themselves – like “Dummy, how could you be so stupid?” Even if we are just saying these words to ourselves, when no one… -
Sometimes it is really hard to reasonably see the other person’s point of view, especially when you have positioned yourself to be the right one. Nevertheless, saying “You may be right” can end a heated argument. While it is a technique (that works shockingly well), it is also… -
For most of us, we are stuck inside more than we ever have been. Our human nature is to gather together for support in times of trouble or stress. The circumstances right now prevent that comfort-seeking. So, this forced isolation drives our curious tendency to see what is… -
Welcome to the Masquerade Parade. On the one hand, it is really fascinating to see the variety of designer masks, humorous masks, masks that support charities and masks that make a statement for rights and causes. And on the other hand, it feels somewhat sad to see kids… -
I hope this will not be offensive to anyone. This topic started out as a joke while on a road trip with my daughter. And being slightly uncool, when I said the phrase, “Man, I’m Bad@$$!” we both had to laugh. But it is totally the Truth. I’m… -
The past is really an illusion – a trick of our minds. When we remember something bothersome from our past, we are experiencing the feelings in our present. To some degree, we allow it to color and define our here and now. It is my experience that I… -
Have you ever tried to solve a problem and the solution evaded and frustrated you? This happens to me all the time. I may be struggling with a problem and feel like there just isn’t a solution and I might as well give up. Then I’ll step away… -
This may not apply to all of you, but I have talked to enough people about this topic that I know it is still affecting people. We are somewhat paralyzed by fear of catching the bug or giving it to a loved one. So, some of us are… -
There are maskers and anti-maskers. It’s become this huge topic with so much energy attached. It’s now a thing to have mask shaming for not wearing a mask, and for wearing a mask. Who would have thought that mask-shamming would even be part of our vocabulary? Some places… -
Our Spirit says, “Here I am. Stepping up for Service.” Our fear gives all the excuses and objections. Our Spirit is led by Love and Compassion. Fear keeps us alone and stimulates negative thinking. Spirit stands in the Sunlight. Fear hides in the shadows of our darkness. Our… -
“A different man cannot have these problems…they do not belong to him.” Emmet Fox Most of us would never think of ourselves as a victim. Yet we are all, at times, victims to our limitation thinking. Without much thought, we may start a statement with: “I can’t, I… -
I’ve been lucky to have a family of origin that loves and supports me – even those who are atheists and agnostics, and those who don’t understand my thinking or agree with all of my viewpoints. They would be shocked to think that I believe that they too… -
The topic of keeping our attention on our own stuff is important. It’s clear that when we don’t it causes us and those we are pestering, difficulties. In my experience, giving unsolicited advice only causes more riffs in relationships – and yet sometimes I just cannot help myself.… -
We all have our favorite ice cream flavors. It is our taste and personal preference. I might think your tastes are strange, but I don’t try to change your taste buds just like you would not be able to change my taste buds. We like what we like,… -
I don’t know why we are all so embarrassed when it comes to expressing our feelings. While they sometimes don’t seem to be the nicest parts of us, they are part of our humanity. I have feeling – you have feelings – so we are just like everyone… -
My mother recently shared a story from her childhood that I thought was so enlightening, it was worth passing along. Her parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe making a life in a new country where they didn’t speak the language and struggled to make a living. They worked… -
Do you ever catch yourself saying how stupid you were for making a mistake? We all innocently do it – it’s an automatic response. You don’t know what you don’t know, until you know it. Some words have a lot of power to pull us down and that… -
We are a goal and list-oriented society. If we have it on a list today – we better do it. I believe that is because it gives us the illusion that we have control – over something. We make a rule about what has to happen. Invariably something… -
Most of the time, we are very busy using our brains which moves our energy up into our heads. We do not feel grounded to the earth or centered in our bodies. This very powerful meditation accomplishes both of these. When that happens, we are able to feel… -
We all make resolutions for the New Year – a long list of self-improvement tasks. And then, our interest fades and the resolutions fall by the wayside. Instead of making resolutions that you never keep, ask yourself, “What is my Heart’s Desire?” When you follow the path that… -
We are all familiar with the weeks of holiday obligations of shopping and cooking, parties and events with work, school and family. It’s a time when we open our hearts and give and give, which is appropriate and needed. It’s also a time, because we are human, when… -
Napoleon Hill, author of ‘Think and Grow Rich’ and master of positive thinking said, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” I say, even if you don’t believe it, if you are willing to believe, willing to be healed, and willing to make an investment… -
‘Worry and anxiety is a compulsive activity of a mind without faith, in the dark, trying to fix in the dark what it made in the dark. Oh, how the vain ego loves to play God and glorify itself all day long.’ — Anonymous Worrying is a destructive,… -
At this time of the year, we are all a bit more giving. It has become more and more common place for people to “Pay it Forward” by feeling generously inspired to pay for the next person’s groceries or coffee. We wish strangers a Happy Holliday with great… -
The Universe always wants us to have abundance. It is just our small, restrictive pea brains that create the limitations. We get what we can reasonably believe is due to us and from our efforts – We get what we think we deserve. We are constantly limiting Good… -
Resentments are when we revisit past grievances. We refuse to let go of someone’s transgressions against us because we are obviously right – and they are dead wrong. Resentments are barbed with anger and disappointment in another person’s behavior. The problem is, our justification to hold on to… -
It seems ridiculous to think that whistling in the dark will do anything to take away our fears. In the Sound of Music, the children sing a song so that they won’t be afraid of the storm. Sounds crazy. But when you are sad or afraid, your voice… -
Posture makes the man. This seems like a ridiculous statement but posture portrays how we feel physically and how we feel about ourselves emotionally. The good news is that we can feel better physically and emotionally by changing how we carry ourselves physically. Try the following: Pull back… -
Fear of the unknown – it elicits a visceral response from us. Everyone has this response to new and unknown stimuli. When we lived as cave men, it was a natural protective response to be “on guard” in case of danger and the dangers were real. But there… -
You can run but you can’t hide…from yourself. Sometimes we think if we just get a change of scenery, things will be different. The next job will be different. The next relationship will be different. However, there is a common factor in all of this…you. Fear is a… -
Whatever thoughts I entertain, becomes my reality. If I welcome limiting thoughts or negative thoughts into the home of my mind and feed them – they get comfortable and stay. If I’ve made a rule that every spring I get a cold, then my body complies and every… -
Something is looming in front of us. Something where the outcome is as yet unknown or unknowable – and it terrifies us. We don’t want to let our feelings run rampant but under the surface of what we show everyone, is a simmering vessel of fear. We know… -
We all have days that we mark as special…wedding day, birth of a child, graduation day, start of a job or a career. When we have these special days, we have an idea that life from that point on is going to be a certain way based on… -
If you are feeling…Why do I have to go through what I am going through? What is the point of all this? Where am I heading? Where am I meant to head? Take the next right action. It may be in the direction you would like to head… -
Arrogance and low self-esteem seem to be polar opposites. When someone acts arrogantly we are offended and want to tell them to “get over yourself.” When someone berates themselves we think their behavior is piteous and we want to say “pull yourself out of it.” The truth is… -
If we can envision holding a hula hoop around our middle, we can get an idea of how big our energetic “comfort zone” is. At least one foot all around us. When someone “gets in our face” and comes very close to us, we get threatened because they… -
A barrier thought is the reason we give ourselves for why we can’t do or be. The message usually sound like this: “I won’t be able to do what I want or need to do because….” It’s the lie we tell ourselves – and we have made it… -
Everyone I have ever met is to a varying degree concerned with their body – men and women – some to a point of obsession. Some body parts we have control over through exercise and diet. Some we do not. And we usually talk about it as something… -
We are all just humans in our “life suits” which are just containers. We have to get away from the attachment of looking a certain way or thinking we don’t look good enough…and are therefore altogether not good enough. We judge other people’s body flaws and in so… -
It doesn’t matter what is currently challenging you. Whether it is a work stress or a health scare or a family crisis – you can find joy despite any life experience. You can challenge yourself to be your best self despite whatever is happening around you and “seemingly”… -
When we begin to clean up messes in our lives it gives us hope. There is one shining spot that shows us there are possibilities. Cleaning physical spaces opens up the room to allow energy and thoughts to breathe. Clogged, cluttered spaces have slow moving energy and they… -
The definition of guilt is self-reproach caused by feeling that one is responsible for a wrong…whether real or imagined. Guilt is not a feeling. Guilt is a man-made torture device. It is the mechanism we use to punish ourselves for things we have said or done – or… -
Are you fighting, efforting, and exhausting yourself to make something happen in a particular area of your life and it is just not working? Are you feeling frustrated and somewhat defeated? We think that if we can just exert more of our might and will, somehow we will… -
How much is Joy worth to you? Ask yourself “Am I experiencing Joy in this moment despite my present life conditions?” Everyone has activities that bring them joy just by the shear nature of that activity. For some people it is going out into nature, or listening to… -
Have you ever noticed how coaches in professional sports pulls their athletes aside to have a serious face-to-face? They demand the athlete’s full attention especially when it appears the athlete begins to look uneasy or defeated. They are saying “keep your eyes on me.” By saying “Eyes on… -
Is there some circumstance in your life that you are having difficulty accepting? It seems obvious that we can’t change what we can’t change, but our head wants what our head wants. Sometimes we wish things would just…be different. The ironic thing about it is that our critical… -
My mother says, in the most loving way, that when you have a child you are connected to them by an invisible cord, and you become a slave for life. What she means is that no matter how old they are, you are connected to them, care about… -
Most of us, in the quiet of our own company, are intimately familiar with self-critique. We have a monkey-mind that is like a room full of monkeys chattering. And what they are saying is never anything good about us. We’re never good enough, or good-looking enough, or thin… -
Synergy is defined as using combined efforts to produce something greater than what each individual can produce. Generally speaking, this occurs when two individuals willingly bounce ideas between each other causing an energetic exchange which generates an improved creation. When this type of an exchange is working, both… -
There is a story about a man lost in a bitter snowstorm in Alaska. He cries out to the Universe for a miracle to save him but believes he will die in this frozen wilderness. All of a sudden in the midst of the sound of the howling… -
What is your greatest fear? Afraid of spiders or snakes – well that’s easy enough to avoid. But what if your fear is stopping you from accomplishing your deepest desire? What if your fear is preventing you from becoming…? Then that is serious, and you may be enslaved… -
Life is like school. Some of the courses are harder than others. But it is the body of knowledge learned that creates who we are and who we are meant to be. Many, many years ago I had a rare illness that caused severe chronic pain which I… -
What exactly does “No exceptions” mean? It means that you don’t get to have an argument about your magnificence – just as you are – right this minute – without improving or changing one iota. It doesn’t matter what you look like. It doesn’t matter what mistakes you… -
Is there someone in your life that makes you feel bad about yourself – either by their words or their actions? Do you go out of your way trying to please them or make them change without success? It seems like nothing you can do can make the… -
If you are getting ready to make a fatally flawed choice because you think you have no other options – it’s a lie you are telling yourself. You Always Have Other Options! The trick is to open your mind to the other options. It is not such an… -
We all make them – and break them. This year I will lose XX number of pounds. I’ll exercise X times a week this year. Really, this year I’m gonna do it! We are not resolute about our resolutions. It’s like starting a diet on Monday…or after the… -
We are all looking for connections but we have qualifications. We want the connections to be significant and we want a guarantee that we will not get hurt. We want these conditions whether the connection is a friendship or deeper love relationships. If we are waiting for the… -
There is someone who will love and cherish every imperfection in us because it is what makes us unique. What we may call flaws are the physical manifestation of our life history and experiences. They contain our essence and vibrancy. Our perfections and imperfections of body, mind, and… -
No matter what society may seem to say, and no matter what your mother or your father told you, money and possessions cannot give you worth. If our self-worth is tied up in our prestige or external “stuff” when those things go away, so does our feelings of… -
Life would be boring if we could not enjoy relaxing down-time and luxuriating in some of the pleasures of life. After a hard day, we all want some comfort and self-indulgence. But what if we take that comfort-seeking too far to the point of over indulging? As a… -
In our current economic down turn, companies are downsizing or going under. Many people are unemployed or under employed. Businesses want the biggest bang for their buck and sometimes it’s at the expense of their employees. Salaries get frozen, projects get put on hold, and sometimes employees feel… -
Everyone experiences times in their life when they have losses related to health. Some of these losses are temporary inconveniences when we are physically unable to function as we usually do. They are frustrating times but we cope by assuring ourselves that it is something that will resolve… -
Everyone has had “the arrogant Son of a B”, or the “cruel, fat, little tyrant”, or the “manipulative, deceitful, back-stabbing witch”, in their lives. They could be your teacher, boss, co-worker, family member, ex-lover or former friend. This is someone we feel has caused us great harm and…