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1Midnight Full Moon Over A Finnish Lake. What the world looks like when there is no electricity in the area. This photo was shot at a summer cottage in Finland.

2Read Leonardo Da Vinci’s To-Do List From 1490 and Be Inspired By His Insatiable Appetite for Everything. Genius is as genius does. Example, “[Ask about] the measurement of the sun promised me by Maestro Giovanni Francese.”

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3How to Solve Problems While You Sleep. An article I wrote about manifesting your dreams while you dream by setting bedtime intentions.

4How Friends Become Closer. “It’s hard to organize a busy life that can nurture deep friendships, but there are a few strategies that may help.”

59 Small Steps That Will Make You Happier, Starting Now. I use number eight all the time, Reframe Obstacles. I look at obstacles, challenges, as an opportunity to learn, to look for other solutions. This has genuinely impacted my level of happiness.

6How to Use Self-Doubt to Catalyze Positive Change. Speaking of reframing things, do this with how you view self-doubt. Instead of it being a negative, look at it as a way to gauge the safety of a situation.

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7Fred Rogers’s Life in 5 Artifacts. On display at the Fred Rogers Center in Latrobe, PA. At the peak of his popularity he was getting 11,000 fan letters a year, and answering every one of them. I realize I am late to this party, I never realized what an extraordinary man Mr. Rogers was off-screen.

8How Storytelling Heals. Did you know that “Once upon a time” can have a hypnotic effect on people that can heal illnesses?

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.”
~ Mark Twain

Sojourn Experiences

The Holy Land | December 13th – 23rd, 2018
**SOLD OUT***WAITLIST ONLY***
This holiday season I have put together an extraordinary opportunity to travel to the Holy Land with the Very Reverend John Bakas of Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral. If interested, please contact me by August 8th.

Photographic Safari and Mindfulness Workshops
Kenya | Botswana | Inquire About Dates

I took this photo on the last morning of a trip to Africa this past November — my favorite place in the world. Great Plains Conservation’s Wild Studio was started by award-winning National Geographic filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert. This is an experience that I put together. It combines learning the secrets of great wildlife photography from a Wild Studio pro along with my Mindfulness teaching. Please join us on a uniquely curated safari that will tap into your true inner-photographer. This adventure can be shared with a group of friends or done as a solo sojourn.

Sojourn Programs

Happiness: The Art of Life Balance
I am committed to helping those who sit in the overwhelm, continually feeling out of time and always stressed. As a longtime television producer, I have been there many times over and have spent a decade plus studying what to do about it. Now, I work with professionals, helping them get out of the crazy and into the happy (and yes, I still produce shows). I have designed a program that can fit into anyone’s schedule and joined at any time. For a complimentary session, please contact me.

By Appointment
Offering private sessions in Mindfulness, Primordial Sound Meditation, Prayer of the Heart Meditation, and Restorative Yoga. Available in-person, or on Skype and FaceTime.

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