It is Spring – time for washing windows, cleaning the hidey holes in the house of their secret treasures as well as clearing the yard of dried up foliage. Emptying means stripping away what we don’t need or want any more. It means de-cluttering as we do in spring cleaning or when we gather articles [...]

Have you ever found yourself running in opposite directions – toward someone and at the same time away from them?   Many people want real, honest, loving, committed relationships, but are terrified of really having them. They feel that they have opened their heart and it was broken. They never want to hurt that bad again, [...]

Sometimes things that happen to us in our childhood leave invisible marks that cannot be seen on our skin, but leave an indelible image in our hearts and minds.  We may carry the experience around with us and vow never to be hurt again.  Our awareness of the incident and the decision may be buried [...]

Not long ago I was angry and someone said to me “That’s not I.M. Heart!”  My response was, “Oh, yes it is!”  What that person didn’t understand is that I.M. Heart is all feelings — those that are warm, loving and happy as well as those that are angry, hurt and sad.  I.M. Heart is [...]

The word FAMILY has many meetings. I’ve heard people define it as just those with whom they share a blood line.  For others it is expanded to include people in their church, community and work, who are not blood kin.  Others define family as a select group of people, not related by blood, that form [...]