Today, many people around the world will celebrate Valentine’s Day by expressing love to the people in their lives who make their hearts sing.  For others, today is not a happy day, as they recall lost loves and are aware of the loneliness in their lives.

My current concepts about romance and love have evolved from years of traumatic experiences, as I sought to fill the aching emptiness in my heart with work, service, overeating and self-destructive relationships. From childhood, I [...]

Dear Beloved Friends,

As we near the end of our first week in 2013, my heart is filled with abundance of gratitude as I reflect on your love and support of me and Sweet Livity this past year.

Thank you for what you do every day!  Your work in the world helped inspired me and Sweet Livity to keep going last year when the going got tough.

This is the year to make your dreams come true – let’s do it together.

Enjoy this [...]

Sweet Livity is proud to partner with a dynamic team of women of color to offer in June 2013 a healing retreat called Breakthrough2Joy. 

Breakthrough2Joy is a healing experience for women of color who are ready for vibrant lives beyond divorce, major breakups, or lost love.  The groundbreaking event will take place June 14 – 16, 2013 in the Baltimore-Washington area. The organizing team is offering the  opportunity for phenomenal women of color to serve as on-site holistic practitioners, workshop [...]

In a world with “Sweet Livity”, people live in harmony with self, community and nature as they serve the communities they live in.  On Sunday, October 20th, Sweet Livity will be part of the Bay Area Peace Forum.  Diana Marie Lee, Samuel Gonzalez and Viviana Rennella will present a workshop titled “Personal Well-Being as a Pathway to Peace“.

Have you ever felt disconnection between the peace we want in the world and the conflict in our daily lives with family, co-workers and neighbors? [...]

As part of our community healing work, Sweet Livity is co-facilitating the upcoming “Our Soul Community” Fall Festival in partnership with Nafsi Ya Jamii, an emerging urban retreat center in Oakland, CA.  Nafsi Ya Jamii, in Swahili, translates into “Soul Community”.  The free public event takes place on September 22nd from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at 3746 39th Avenue (Cross Street Mac Arthur Avenue) in the city’s  Laurel District.  A ceremony will be held at 1:00 pm.

Earlier this year, Nafsi Ya [...]

Join Diana Marie Lee and Sweet Livity at SOCAP: Soul on Saturday, March 3rd at Hub SoMa in San Francisco, CA. SOCAP: Soul is a one-day event that was created to help answer the question: What if your job, your finances, and your community were all aligned with what you value?

Diana will be sharing her personal journey and insights on aligning your work with your values.  These insights emerge from lessons learned on a personal journey begun over two years ago.  [...]