Ruth Davis

How to Accomplish Anything: Moving in the Direction of Z

What holds you back from your dreams? It is usually not lack of ability or talent. Often, what holds us back is fear. Fear of failing. Fear of being successful. Fear of not knowing how to attain our goals. If you can think of achieving your g... Read >

Stepping Into Your Glorious Light

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we're powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actuall... Read >

Circus Yoga: Learning How To Fly

Last week I participated in a CIRCUS YOGA class. What drew me to the class were the words fun, community, collaboration. Too often, we think that, in order to connect to our hearts, we have to do it alone. Sure, there are some things we n... Read >

What to Do When Nothing Is Working

It happens to all of us. We get a great idea. We're motivated. We take the first step toward what we want and we're cruising. We feel excited. Rejuvenated. Like this thing could really happen! And then something doesn't turn out the way we... Read >

The Best Thing About Getting Lost Is Where You End Up

I grew up reading maps. I have an excellent sense of direction and can usually find where I'm going, even without specific directions. But Southern New Jersey is a web of winding roads where the names on streets don't correspond to their State Route numbe... Read >

10 Steps From Brainstorm to Brilliance

Have you ever taken on a big project or a new creative endeavor and, after hours, days, weeks of working, you think you're finished. And then someone offers you a suggestion to make it even better? Do you settle for "good enough" or do you step back, t... Read >

An Exercise in Free Writing

Writing is a wonderful way to access what is in your heart. Your hands are, in fact, an extension of your heart. Free writing means just writing...not editing, not even thinking, just following a stream of consciousness without judgment. It doesn'... Read >

Too Quiet to Think!

It's too quiet to think! This is what so many of my clients tell me when I ask them to sit in stillness. They are uncomfortable. Fidgety. There is nothing to distract them from the silence. Even with all of the scattered thoughts running through the... Read >

How Not To Live In The Past

I received an email last week from a reader asking how she could stop regretting her life and be happy. Regret is a sign that we are living in the past, stuck in what was, what wasn't, what might have been. Some regrets are small. We feel bad that w... Read >

Opening to the Unexpected

Several months ago, my coach and I were talking about the power of our thoughts and intentions, and she shared a Prayer for Unexpected Income with me. She said that, when we open ourselves to new money, that new money will come. So I tried it. I rea... Read >

The Balance Between Funk and Fire

A client, Joan, recently shared that she was having a rough week. She felt she wasn't getting the "right things" done, and she felt alone in the work she had to do. Joan thought the roller coaster she was on was "normal" but she was hoping for a way to ge... Read >

Why It's Good to Cry

I have been crying a lot lately. But that's not why I'm writing this. I'm writing this because, for years, I didn't cry. Like most of us, I've had sorrow and trauma in my past. But instead of feeling it, sharing it and releasing it, I buried it. I... Read >

How To Find The Work You Love, Not Just A New Job

Several of my clients are not happy at their jobs. They don't feel appreciated. They don't feel challenged. They don't love the work. They wish they were doing something more fulfilling, more exciting, more passionate. And their first questions to me a... Read >

Alligators + Air boats = Amazing Fun

You've heard the saying, "all work and no play makes Jill a dull girl." Well, last week I was in Florida to meet with my Mastermind group. It is two full days of intense coaching, talking, brainstorming, releasing, planning, growing work. For past meet... Read >

The Simple Art of Breathing

We take about 28,000 breaths a day, inhaling and exhaling, bringing oxygen into our bodies, and releasing toxins and waste we don't need. Most of us are shallow breathers. We breathe high into our chests, not deep into the lower lobes of our lungs. ... Read >