Colormewrite's Blog

Blank slate indeed! Tabula Rasa Essentials on Manhattan Avenue is a microcosm of the open, fresh, ample offerings of Manhattan Beach. For decades, the West Coast has been rightfully associated with new beginnings, creativity and a more holistic lifestyle-nowhere is that more evident than in the South Bay of Los Angeles. Whether walking on the [...]

Every year gets better, or worse, depending on your outlook.  As each new year approaches and another candle is added to the cake, why not choose joy?!  I’m putting down my whiny wand and victim cape and donning a new, better, optimistic perspective on my life and the world around me-how else can one attract [...]

We all reach a point where we return to the inevitable need to release and make peace with what is.  This doesn’t mean giving in or giving up, but it does mean surrendering to the power of acceptance. By accepting what is, where and who we are, we gain perspective and clarity for forward movement. [...]

Recently joined forces with another gifted therapist (my mom) to create our new group of psychological therapists, counselors and holistic practitioners under the umbrella of Motivational Therapy Group-Where Hope is an Action not an Idea.  We offer individual sessions, groups, talks, courses and a uniquely integrative approach to balancing and restoring the mind, body, spirit [...]

We all know that family drama is not fun to watch or participate in, especially when it’s your own and it’s been going on far too long.  Our family baggage is the heaviest and hardest to put down, but the most essential for gaining entry onto the happy train.  Releasing resentment, pain and frustration from [...]

Tis’ the season for holiday giving, but what to do when your give a damn’s busted? Sometimes we give so much, so often to others, especially around Christmas time, that we forget about replenishing the source-ourselves. And no, I’m not talking about going out in a recession and buying yourself a ton of crap; although, [...]

Meditation is such a phenomenal way to stay balanced and centered-not to mention this centuries old practice is touted as a path to enlightenment!  There are many Eastern and Western philosophies, techniques and practices of meditation: Zen Buddhism, Hinduism and Vedanta, Yoga, Kabbalah,  Transcendental and New Age meditation to name a few.  The key is [...]

  At what point in our computer age of “techlightenment” did we lose ourselves, our manners and our social skills to the cyber shorthand of distance and disservice?  Nowhere is this failure to relate as fellow human beings seen greater than in the degradation of customer service-respect has practically base jumped out the window.  Case [...]

As is often the case, I received an epiphany while engaging in an activity of hidden meaning disguised as fluff entertainment.  This time it came during last night’s Glee “Grilled Cheesus” episode.  The debate on the show came down to the old conversation of separation between church and state.  Now, being purely spiritual, I’m the [...]

America’s Next Top Model?  No, it’s Jane Doe.  How many times, when growing up, did your mother say things like, “Are you going to wear that?  Don’t you want to do your hair?  Make-up just adds so much….”   She probably didn’t even realize the messages that were ingrained in her from her upbringing (and [...]