Cheryl Melody Baskin

“Desiderata”—A Life-Changing Poem for Life-Changing Times.

The Elevator Pitch: A Missed Opportunity to Connect, to Love & to Learn.

My Upcoming Birthday: On Aging & Wrestling with the Uneasy Question, “What Do …

The Power of Saying “Yes” Instead of “But” to your Visions, H…

The Breath of Love: What I’m Still Learning in the “Third Chapter” …

Anxiety, Depression & the Healing Power of a Peppermint Patty.

Every Day is Valentine’s Day & a Path toward a Different Kind of Love.

December 2023: What to do when we Can’t Feel the Joy that Hallmark Wants us to Feel…

A Grounding Tool in Times of War & Peace.

Guilt, Shame & Unworthiness: Why Baseball’s “3 Strikes & You’re O…

My Upcoming Birthday: Conflicting Emotions, New Beginnings & 70+ Years of Wisdom…

New Ways to Look at Negative Experiences & Inner Child Work.

What we can Learn from the Children who Already Embody the Wisdom of Rumi.

Ageless Reminders on Self-Love, Self-Acceptance & Letting Go.

Are You a Mystic Without Knowing It?

Let’s Make Room at the Table of Unconditional Love for all Religions.

How to Attune to the Signs, Cues, Clues & Messages from the Universe.

An After Valentine’s Day Love Tune-Up.

22 Poetic Words by Rumi to Remind Us to Honor & Value Who We Are.

Why we Need to take our New Year’s Resolutions down a Few Notches.

The Growing Pains of Living “in the Meantime”: 11 Teachers to Urge us to …

On Spiritual Currency & Making Money: Redefining what Success Truly Is.

3 Words to Say when you’re Feeling Low, Shaky & Messed Up.

A Song that Gave Me Life-Changing Insight into my Sometimes Sad & Sometimes Peac…

Reflections on my Fun, Brilliant & Resilient Bubby as Yom Kippur Approaches.

How to Rev up your Second Chakra to add Confidence & Creative Zing to your Life.

Let’s Make Humanity “Nice” Again.

“Love is Putting the Cell Phone Away”—A Grounded & Spiritual Guide…

“A Relationship is a Dance”—What I know about Love after 50 Years of Ma…

7 Life-Changing Lessons to Learn from a 70-Something.

Everyone has a Story (& It Might Not be what we Think).

“Love is in the Details”—& Other Life Lessons I Learned from a 5-Y…

What a Cancer Diagnosis taught me in 3 Days.

11 Lessons to Learn from Dr. Fauci before his Retirement.

Giving a Penny to a Stranger can make a Life-Changing, Spiritual Difference. 

How to Maintain our Dream for Peace Despite the Violence, Wars & Injustices in t…

What’s in a Name? Everything.

Humanity 101: The To-Do List we Should All Have.

Why we Need to Stop Judging Others (& Ourselves).

How Fatima, a Postal Clerk, Transformed the Way I Live my Life.

One Way to Become Friends with our Insomnia: View it as Sacred Time.

Give Yourself a Voice in the World by Opening up your Throat Chakra.

How to Tune up your First Chakra & Get an Extra Dose of Confidence.

Why Mother’s Day can be an Emotional Trigger Filled with Heartbreak & Remo…

Tired of Thinking about COVID-19? Here’s How to Live “In the Meantime.…

Courage or Fear: How my Contemplative Walks in Nature gift me with Life-Changing Answ…