Spiritually Speaking Blog Insights

The words, “Keep Austin Weird” jumped off the tee shirt in the Austin Airport that greeted us.  Besides touting that Austin is the capital of live music and known for its delicious food, this wonderful city also hosted the “I…

I just returned from an early Mother’s Day celebration with “Ginny”.  The family celebrated her 90th birthday in December.  You can’t help but love the smile and joy seen here from her college days that Mom still exudes to this…

My husband, Joe, was in the hospital last week having back surgery.   To exercise his lung capacity he had to blow into this simple machine to get the “ball to rise”.  Watching Joe brought to mind the importance of…

Easter always follows Good Friday.

My new friend, Andi Feinberg, is an “Energetic Life Strategist”.  I had the opportunity to work with Andi at a Metaphysical Marketplace where metaphysical practitioners gathered. Her work includes creating energetic solutions to help people “soar” in Life. Her daily…

My fellow author and friend, John Brubaker, (Coach Bru) wrote about his giving up coffee a couple years ago in his latest newsletter.  His message was: “Keep a watchful eye on little things. Little things win big games in your…

With the glorious celebration of Easter upon us, I wanted to give you 3 tips to help put things in perspective:

“No is a complete sentence.” This phrase offered by my dear friend, Melinda, sparked lively discussion at my March 9th workshop, “These Pumps Are Made For Kicking the Guilt”.  Giving up a Saturday morning, 12 amazing women reflected and discussed…

A local TV station reported the story of an airport janitor who found an  ipad with $13,000 stuffed inside.  The honest employee turned in the computer complete with the cash as a lost item.

At the New England Book Festival I participated in a panel discussion,”Writing About Your Life-Write What You Know.” I had the pleasure of speaking with and listening to four other authors on my panel.

I was born Patty Ptak,  having sisters, Peggy Ptak, and Pam Ptak…I grew up loving the “Ps”.

It’s strange that we have such a huge commercial holiday, Valentine’s Day, to remind us of our all-important life’s assignment:  Love.  Jesus taught:  “love one another as I have loved you.”  Words that simple with a powerful message.