I hesitate to have my first article in a long while be one of such a heavy topic, and yet perhaps it’s fitting for what’s happening in the world today. In the past, I’ve spoken and written about the idea that very few of us are immune to addiction. If we’re not addicted to hard […]
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I have some confessions to make about who I am, and what my work is really about. It’s time I shared them fully with you. Forgive the lateness in doing so, but even I didn’t fully understand that I was hiding until recently. I think the best way to fill you in would be to
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My heart’s been very heavy in recent weeks, as I see and feel the pain around the events happening in the world that are destroying people’s lives, homes and communities. Anger and divisiveness are rising. Souls too long oppressed by our dominance culture, founded upon millennia of patriarchy, are feeling pushed to the brink by
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This summer, I had the opportunity to travel to Challis, Idaho for a retreat in connection with the Great American Eclipse of 2017. Prior to traveling, I began to feel inwardly that this trip was going to be significant for me, and that Freedom was likely a theme. The night before the eclipse, I was
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Happy Mother’s Day!! Whether you’re a mother by gender and by offspring or not, I believe you are a mother. You’re a mother to your children. You’re a mother to all that you create. You’re a mother to the inner child within you longing for recognition and healing. You’re a mother to those you care
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Last week, I expressed some radical ideas about the root of anxiety. That article was intended to offer some solace and comfort in the knowing that you’re not alone in feeling anxiety and all that tends to come with it. We’re living in challenging times, and there are many things generating anxiety on every level.
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What exactly is anxiety? Most all definitions indicate that to be anxious is to be greatly troubled by uncertainties. In considering the origin of the word anxious, it’s from the Latin anxius, meaning “concerned, uneasy, troubled in mind.” It’s also defined as “causing anxiety” from the word angere or anguere, which is “to choke, squeeze,
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Feminine Wisdom is rising around us and it’s time to take notice. We are a culture in need and the Sacred Feminine is a powerful support for healing and evolutionary well-being. The Divine Feminine is ever present in our day to day lives through the cycles of Nature and of life itself. A Culture in
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In the epic tale of Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival sets out on a journey. This journey is an archetypal journey of the soul. He reaches the Grail Castle, but is unable to connect with the Holy Grail because he fails to ask the most important question of the Grail King. “What ails thee?”
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Have you ever had one of those times in life when you feel completely disoriented, disconnected and disempowered…more or less LOST? It’s like you feel paralyzed, with no idea where you are, how you got there, or where to go next. These moments often come with a sense of confusion and fear that can turn
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I’ve been contemplating the question, “What is power?” My contemplations have sent me down a number of exploratory paths. I even received many responses to a survey I conducted to see how others thought of power. There were many different types of responses, and what I could see in the definitions shared was that there
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I’ve been wrestling with my calendar lately, wanting to find a “perfect” schedule to allow me to accomplish my goals in the new year! I’m a single mom of two boys who have a very busy school schedule, along with being an entrepreneur and being responsible for the administration of a non-profit organization, not to
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Last year was a huge series of transformations and shifts. Numerologically, it was a 9 year (2+0+1+6), which means it’s energy was full of endings. I’ve not run into one person that didn’t have significant completions or endings in their life. How did these endings show up for you? In my life and business, these
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Merry Christmas! 2016 has been an intense year, on so many levels. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been powerfully affected by the challenges of the year. As we review the year past, and consider the year ahead, I’d like to offer support around not simply standing on your path of truth, but actually walking
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I have loved this time of year since I was a child. There’s something magical about the quality of the light, the smell in the air, and the crispness of the leaves as I walk. It’s a time of harvest, and also a time of facing the dragons within. These dragons would like to keep
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While experiencing the tribal community and it’s joy and connectedness during my visit to North Dakota, I felt deeply connected to the Great Mother, and experienced 12 Key’s to Happiness that were present in the peaceful people there. Last week, I spoke of the keys that relate to Remembering (Letting Go, Accepting, Being in the
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I just returned from a life altering journey to North Dakota, where hundreds of indigenous tribes from around the world have come together to protect our Mother Earth and her life giving water. I organized a trip of 29 people, 19 of whom were youth from ages 11 to 15. This was a trip intended
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Something in the soul burns. You feel it, but do you listen? Our ego or lower self might seem to know all the answers and just what we are supposed to do, but it is our soul that truly knows how to live. The soul cries to us, causing a feeling of discomfort each time
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I have begun teaching my Wisdom of Fairy Tales class again this fall, filled with insightful, wise women who make the conversation so rich. I continue to be amazed each time I teach this course how perfectly fairy tales and their archetypes help us to understand our own soul’s journey. The soul’s journey is
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So many of us mothers have one common concern: Are we doing enough to set our children up for success and keep them from having the same struggles we had? Not that we believe our children shouldn’t have struggles, but I speak to so many women, and men too for that matter, who want
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You know that cartoon that shows the choice between the devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other? It’s supposed to represent the idea of temptation. It gives the impression that the devil is the tempter, while the angel is the one we’re supposed to follow. What if the angel on your shoulder
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