Sitting in the middle of unknown territory generates tremendous anxiety for many. What’s unfamiliar, unseen, not understood, or unknown often sends us running back to what feels comfortable and familiar. We gravitate toward a sense of safety and security, and that usually includes familiar territory with few unknowns. Fear of the unknown may be what […]
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As 2021 comes to a close, I must admit that it feels like it’s been one of the most challenging years ever. I know there are so many arguably bigger challenges happening all around the world, and my hope is that writing a bit about some of my own personal challenges might be relatable, as
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Have you ever longed for a loving relationship with someone, but struggled to get past all the hurt you’ve experienced with them? This might be one of the most difficult things any human being can do. How can we love someone who’s been unkind or hurtful toward us? How can we find love in our
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Solstice literally translates as “Sun stand still.” The darkness of Winter Solstice, currently on December 21, marks the entry or birth window to the womb space that receives the Spirit Seed of our being. Our Soul must be prepared to receive, tend and nurture this seed for growth in the new year. Each year, a
All of us are or have been on a healing journey of some kind to heal physically, mentally, emotionally and/or spiritually. Sometimes one journey brings healing in all of these areas. I want to share a healing journey with you in hope there’s something here to inspire perseverance and commitment to your own healing journey,
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To this day, I still get choked up when I read the last paragraphs of the original Winnie the Pooh tales. Why? At the very end of the story, Christopher Robin and Pooh are sharing a moment lying on the ground in a beautiful circle of trees at the top of the Forest. They were
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A question came up recently in a group I participate in about how to stay on task when feeling drained, and keep emotions separate from the work we need to do. The first thing that came to me when I read the question was, “I am not what I’m experiencing.” When I remember this, then
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The beginning of February marks the Gaelic Festival of Imbolc, St. Brigid’s Day, the Christian Festival of Candlemas, and the Chinese New Year. While many people think of Solstices and Equinoxes as being the beginnings of the seasons, Indigenous Wisdom considers the Solstices and Equinoxes to be the peaks of the seasons. Imbolc is celebrated
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As the weather turns cold and our days are the shortest of the year, the darkness can feel challenging. While we’ve passed the longest night of the year, we still have a long winter ahead, and for some, that can bring on a sense of depression, anxiety, and most of all, loneliness. I was reminded
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I’ve been deeply moved by the response to my last article, Trauma, Addiction and Healing, and so grateful to know that it was of such support to so many. I’m especially inspired to get back to more writing, and I thank you for that inspiration! Tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent, meaning, “the coming.”
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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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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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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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