The primary reason for our Foundation’s being is to move forward in supporting others in their growth, especially those in underserved communities who do not have access to personal growth resources. Recently, I've noticed that underserved communities are becoming polarized and isolated rather than reached towards with a helping hand.
I’d like to share something personal with you. I’m missing Mariah these days, and I have some small regrets around her death. One is that I often question whether I checked in with her enough about her day-to-day living with ALS. I do know that she was a model of putting ALS on the backburner so she and we could ALWAYS move forward. Still, that thought haunts me sometimes.
I’m currently reading a book, Four Seasons in Rome, by Anthony Doerr, about a family that spends a year in Rome with their newborn twins. The book relates current and historical Rome, and I’m always fascinated by that time connection. But what I’m continually relating to is the author’s awareness of time and place
This year has been a difficult one and I’m sure you feel it too. There has been and continues to be a destructive pandemic which has killed over 1.6 million people worldwide and more than 304,000 in the United States as of this writing.
Many years ago I was fascinated by the I Ching, an ancient Chinese philosophical text considered a guide to an ethical life, and an oracle of one’s personal future. It was fun.
This year has been a very difficult one for me personally and for our Foundation to weather. Mariah passed away on July 7th of 2018. After an extraordinarily successful campaign of workshops and talks through the Foundation in 2017...
This year, our goal has been to expand deeper and wider into our local and global communities with this ideas that drive the Foundation: delivering better access to Mariah and the soul of her teachings. Recent example: Mariah's May TEDx Talk, Arrive Already Loved™.
Many years ago, when Mariah was still driving, she backed our large window van into a tree. Not a large crash, but enough to bend the rear bumper into a slight “V” shape. Certainly drivable, but also slightly unsightly. Six months later, I was driving the van...
2014 was a very busy year for The Foundation. Aside from continuing to promote wellness through client therapy and workshops on forgiveness and healing, I believe our emphasis on building lasting partnerships with like-minded community members is just as important.
It’s only December, yet I look out the window and see my world transformed into a black and white wintry wonderland. Naturally, my thoughts go to the idea of transformation and what gifts of transformation has the foundation brought to our community...