A couple of years ago, I was going through a particularly tumultuous time in my life. Everything was in upheaval – my relationship, my job, my family, my health, even where I was living. I felt completely off-kilter. Searching for help, I came across a very simple exercise for assessing and creating internal balance. The exercise starts with the premise that each of us has mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual needs that should be addressed on a regular basis. 

Yesterday I was on BART (the San Francisco bay area’s subway system), ironically on my way to a yoga immersion self-discovery workshop in San Francisco. I say "ironically" because about halfway there, I tuned into my thoughts (or, one voice among them) and was surprised by what I heard.

Calling all fella carnal spiritualistas! My Owning Pink blog PopSmarts: Adventures in Using Your Power for Good is an ongoing experiment for me and other Pinkies who believe, want to believe or wonder whether they can be busy, crazy-sexy-cool modern women and happy and spiritually integral in our consumer culture, too. I believe in the middle way for balance in all things. I believe in embracing the paradoxes life is constructed of. This is not an egghead course, or a Fix-it program, but rather an exercise to see if we can become more awakened to our unconscious emotions through awareness and behavior choices, towards using our spirituality pragmatically. Daily.

Dear Pinkies, the story you are about to read was written by Pink rockstar Amy Suh of Be Truly You. To say it's inspirational is a big Pink understatement. Enjoy ...Take it away, Amy!

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