I've been thinking a lot about self-love and what that means. I have come to the conclusion that the biggest way we reject ourselves is energetically. Scan your body right now. Are you allowing the energy to flow or are you resisting at your stomach, heart or throat?

When we push back on our essence, we push back on God or Life. How can we know that God loves us if we reject Him/Her?

Body image has been in the forefront of my mind because that has been the biggest area of self-rejection for me. The other day I was at the pool with my daughter and nephews when two young, beautiful teenage girls came down. Fit, thin, and healthy - I thought to myself, "I hope they love themselves." And I had to keep myself from saying out loud - "I hope you two know how darling you are..."

Within minutes one of them started talking about her waste, and the fact that sometimes she's a size two and other times a four... My heart broke - even 16 year old beauties reject themselves.

As each of us fall in love with ourselves - unconditionally - we pave the way for others to do the same. I'm having more moments of self love lately... But it takes constant awareness. Because I know how connected we are - this is a social issue for me, as well as a personal one. I want to be a role model for self love - now that's a concept...

I've always believed and experienced that we teach what we need to learn. This workshop that is happening tomorrow is no different. It is about accepting oneself at an energetic/cellular level - embodying your essence really.

As I've been putting the workshop together, I have been reminded of the ways I reject myself. It's so subtle and automatic - I think most of us do it all day long and aren't even aware. My awareness is heightened and I am on a mission to stop this perverse pattern in myself, and to help others do the same.

Think of it this way - anytime you long for something you don't have, you are denying the gifts that you do have. It doesn't mean we can't have goals and want things - it just means that we need to find the space to desire more, while appreciating what is.

Do you love your thighs just as they are? What about your finances? Your relationships? Love/life is the transformative elixer... this is the great paradox. The only way to transform anything is to love it.

Thanks to my brother-in-law for sharing the following quote... Interesting how similar the times are now to when this quote was written.

"A revolution is coming. A revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough - but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character, we cannot alter its inevitability.

- John F. Kennedy

Around Christmas time I read a review of the classic novel Persuasion by Jane Austen. Even though I have read nothing but non-fiction books for two decades, something in the review spoke to me and I told my daughter that it would be a great gift - knowing the chances of me buying it for myself were slim.

Being the type to read four or five books at once, it took me nearly six months, but two nights ago I finished it, and last night I read the ending again.

This was Jane Austen's last book - published after she died - and the most autobiographical of her works. The one thing that's different from her real life is the ending. I won't give it away in case you want to read this beautiful story.

But what I love is that Jane Austen was able to rewrite her life in a way that made sense to her - in a way that fed her soul and gave her peace I would imagine.

I think everyone needs a way to do this - everyone needs their art. Whether it's writing books, music, dancing, or painting, art seems to be how the soul makes sense of life.

I'm excited about the response to the upcoming "What's Your Flavor?" workshop. It seems that a movement toward authenticity is emerging, and pressures to form oneself into an acceptable shape (literally) are being released.

The image coming to me is that of a puzzle. When we try to be someone we're not, we no longer own our piece of the puzzle that makes up the whole of humanity. Rather, we bury our beautiful and unique piece and replace it with a much smaller generic piece.

Instead of a colorful puzzle covering our globe, we have tiny, fragile pieces floating on a dark background where the real self should be.

As each of us relax into who we really are, the puzzle will come together and we will finally experience at-one-ment.