My story starts as a journey of loss, grief, and trauma, and ultimately leads to a heart cracked wide open to love. I promise it won’t leave you sad if you’ll stick it out.

A special meditation session for the people of Ukraine

I’ve had tickets to attend the VanGogh Immersive Experience for months. I’d heard it was amazing and I looked forward to the possibility of getting out of the house and doing something that would inspire me.

Well, things didn’t go as planned.

Part I

How do we possibly be love, or contribute love to a world that is at war? This seems to be a significant question for us all as we watch Ukraine being invaded. It is so easy to feel helpless or not want to look at the news.

A friend of mine called this week after watching the news and she talked about feeling fear, anxiety and dread about world events. After talking for a while I realized how often I try to avoid the discomfort of life’s events. The truth is that, despite my discomfort, terrible things happen every day.

An orientation to the resources for realizing love on our website.

You may have heard about skier Mikaela Shriffin’s blowout in her best events, even if you haven’t been watching the Olympics. Since then, she has been accosted by media, asking her what went wrong and how she feels. The other night she got my attention when she admitted to being a failure in an interview, but then she went on to say something more surprising.

Valentine’s Day may be the single most dreaded holiday on earth. For those who are still looking for love we thought we’d share what we believe are the keys to ‘true’ love.

I’m fairly tall and for most of my early years in school, I was the tallest kid in the class. This led to a lifetime of trying to be smaller. I spent years just wishing I didn’t stick out or that no one would notice me. What made it worse was that I diminished my accomplishments and dissed myself publically. 

Once I noticed this behavior and how damaging it was I tried to stop, but it hasn’t been easy. I started slowly just by standing up straight, learning to accept compliments and acknowledging my accomplishments.

They have invited me and 2 other Experts to create an incredible, panel discussion to address all the ways we can come back to the basics for Love and call in 2022 to Heal Love, Be Love, and Find Love!

In a world full of hate, it can sometimes be difficult to find reasons to love. Yet, today’s guest believes that there is so much opportunity out there to love. We need only to learn how to focus on exhibiting and expressing that. In this episode, Juliet Clark sits down with Laura Smith Biswas, the author of The Cosmology of Love: 70+ Ways to Experience Greater Love. Here, Laura shares her insights on fostering deeper connections and expressing love—both to ourselves and others. They talk about the importance of communication and boundaries and sharing wisdom from Laura’s book, the ways of loving. Join this conversation and discover how great love can flow in your life and those you love.

Glendale, CA – February 8, 2022: Many people are looking for new ideas to make their relationships special, with Valentine's Day just around the corner. Laura Smith Biswas (LinkedIn), best-selling author of "The Cosmology of Love: 70+ Ways to Experience Greater Love," has shared her insights on how to improve an individual's love life and relationships in a meaningful way.

Like me, many families and loved ones of chronically ill or terminal patients are completely blind-sided by the difficulties and the joys of caregiving. The most important thing I wish I had known is that caregiving is a marathon, not a sprint. Like most caregivers, I sprang into action, willing to do anything and everything to help my mom recover. I’m embarrassed to admit how much I believed that my mom’s well-being depended on me being some kind of crazy Energizer Bunny Super Hero.

Most people who has ever been diagnosed with cancer will tell you that they didn’t hear a single thing the doctor said after the word ‘Cancer.’ Among the many things you might feel the first one is probably shock. Even if you know something is wrong, even if you suspected it might be serious, you still might not have expected to hear the word cancer.

Our co-founder Laura was featured in ShoutOut LA this past week. Take a peek and find out more why her upbringing led her to create The Love Mandala.

One of the more recent developments in trauma therapy is taking center stage is the use of psychedelics or certain plant medicines like cannabis. The FDA has been allowing clinical trials and while it isn’t a new approach, it is having a burst of growth due to the growing legitimization of these medicines for mental health issues.

Have you seen the infinity symbol before, how if you trace it, it flows in and out of its beautiful loop? It is a profound symbol and I discovered a unique application of it for myself recently.

I wondered how do I learn to live with an open heart, even vulnerable on a regular basis without feeling totally lost when I feel hurt or disappointed?

Does the little stuff get to you? Are you undone by the little stuff?

I have a host of memories that I’ll call trauma memories. I was molested as a little girl of about 4 and it was so horrifying, that I suppressed it for a very long time. I had so many symptoms of this abuse, but having not been taught about it I just moved through life not understanding it for a long time.

How do we learn to open the heart to more love?

When we think of love in relationships we so often skip over that super obvious one with ourself. Unfortunately so few of us have experienced what love in its pure unconditional form. As children, we have all either had others around us intentionally or unintentionally impact us in a way that left us wounded or feeling that love was conditional. This inevitably closes the heart where we give and receive love. One of the beautiful opportunities we have is to go within to feel our natural sense of love.