Undoing the fear of flying

Anxiety

This is one of the ideas from A Course in Miracles that has been enormously helpful to me in overcoming fear of flying. Although the words are comforting, I’ve experienced the truth of this teaching in momentary glimpses. And through these experiences, my trust...

My talk in Vegas at the Course in Miracles Conference

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

I’m thrilled to share my talk with you from the Community Miracles Center conference on A Course in Miracles in Las Vegas! My dear friend and colleague, Craig Villarrubia, and I co-facilitated the session. The title of our talk was Change Your Mind Through...

Allow yourself to be exactly where you are at

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) meets you where you are at. Getting caught in thinking that you should be somewhere OTHER than where you are right now is a sticky ego trap. Instead, allowing yourself to be where you are creates an opportunity to be present to whatever is...

Helpful quotes for stepping out of your comfort zone

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

Stepping outside of your comfort zone can be scary. For instance, I used to have knee-knocking fears of public speaking. I remember one of my first presentations during my freshman year of college where I was so nervous that I was gulping for air, trembling, and...

How we are like two-dimensional worms with ACIM

Important Course Concepts

Do you ever struggle with trying to understand the concepts in A Course in Miracles? Maybe you read something and get hooked with feeling you need to figure it out to progress with your study. In this vlog, I remind us that we’re like two-dimensional worms when...

Undoing Anxiety with A Course in Miracles

Anxiety

It was an absolute JOY to be a guest on Craig Villarrubia’s Awakening with A Course in Miracles Google Hangout series. In this hour-long interview, we cover a variety of anxiety-busting ACIM-related thoughts and ideas. Good stuff. Here is a sample of what you...

Peace Pilgrim: 25,000 miles on foot for peace

Anxiety

In my journey to recovery from life-long anxiety issues, there have been several teachers and stories that have had a profound impact on my healing. One such story is the story of Peace Pilgrim. Peace Pilgrim was a woman who “vowed to remain a wanderer until...

How Anxiety About Surgery Created Miracles – Part II

A Course in Miracles editions, Anxiety

  As we allow blocks of fear to be undone in our own mind, it brings our mind closer to it’s natural state, which is a state of pure Love. Because we are not separate from one another, as we allow our own mind to be healed, it produces changes in others...

How the comparison trap… can help you heal?

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

It is true! Falling into the comparison trap is an opportunity to heal the mind. If you are like most people, you’ve occasionally fallen into a trap of comparing yourself to others. This is a recipe for feeling like crap. Theodore Roosevelt summed it up...

The Link Between Anxiety and Honesty

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

At first glance, it might seem like honesty has nothing to do with anxiety. But if we look a bit deeper, being hard core honest is how we reclaim the Self we never lost. According to A Course in Miracles, honesty means consistency. Internal consistency calls forth...

Healing Hidden Beliefs

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

“What is healing but the removal of all that stands in the way of knowledge?” – A Course in Miracles Healing happens as we bring our fearful perceptions and beliefs to our Inner Teacher and allow them to be exchanged for the experience of Love that...

Why you don’t have to be afraid of an “ego backlash”

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

I used to get really freaked out that the more I turn to love, the more the ego is going to roar at me and whip me back into its little place. Many students of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) talk about the “ego backlash,” for the Course addresses that the ego (which is...