Nonjudgmental and Compassionate Awareness Does the Healing We have been studying the 12 PTCI spiritual energy principles this year.  At our most recent, May 3rd, Meditation Gathering, I spoke about our sixth spiritual energy principle:  Nonjudgmental and Compassionate Awareness Does the Healing. And, as I shared then, the sixth spiritual energy principle rests upon the previous five principles and deepens the message of each one as well. Here are the previous five spiritual energy … [Read more...]

An Invitation Have you ever felt the distance between who you are right now and who you know yourself to be at your deepest and best? That gap — and the longing to close it — is exactly where Vision and Courage begins. This is PTCI’s signature program, the one that started everything when we first offered it in 2000. Over the past 26 years, working with hundreds of people, we have witnessed again and again what becomes possible when someone aligns their everyday choices with their deepest … [Read more...]

“If you really want to see what is out there, you first need to understand what is inside — and how it defines your outer reality.” — Mary Elizabeth Since the beginning of 2026, we have been revisiting PTCI’s Twelve Spiritual Energy Principles — guides for understanding how spiritual energy moves in our lives. These are principles we have gathered over twenty-six years of studying, reflecting, and teaching through the Personal Transformation and Courage Institute. Today I want to provide a … [Read more...]

Whether you were raised in the Catholic faith as I was, or not, there is something we can all learn from these forty days leading up to Easter. Forty days — drawn from the forty days Jesus spent in the wilderness— set apart for the work of the interior life. Into what do these forty days invite us? What quality of attention does Lent actually call us toward? It is clear that something is required of us — some turning, some reckoning, some genuine meeting with ourselves before the Divine. … [Read more...]

I hope you are successfully navigating the winter storms and cold weather.  And for those of you who are on the West Coast or in milder climates, make sure you really enjoy the sunshine and warm weather for all of us! For this calendar year, we are considering the twelve PTCI Spiritual Energy Principles. In January, I introduced the first Principle, Doing follows Being.  I hope you had some time to take this Principle into your Heart and Mind and reflect upon its meaning for you. This … [Read more...]