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TRANSITIONS give us the opportunity to practice moderation. To enter into conscious communion with a gradual crescendo, an intentional, measured leaning toward our next step forward. Allowing our metamorphosis to progress graciously so that we can stand witness to and absorb each note of the transformation. It is not a fault or defect that we […]
The survival of our Humanity depends on inclusivity. Our willingness and ability to set aside school playground antics, allow the best in each and every person to find its way through. The moment we cast someone out for reasons we deem justifiable, we initiate a crack in the foundation of our humanity that has the
Imagine a moment in your life when you experienced déjà vu of the not-so-good variety. When an unpleasant story or incident that you’ve previously lived through comes back around and you find yourself wondering how you got here. Maybe shaking your fist at the heavens, feeling utterly dumbstruck or just plain weary.
The act of taking responsibility for oneself is an essential ingredient to a consciously-lived life. If we want to better understand the sources of our discomfort and upset, we must be willing to turn the mirror on ourselves and ask What can I learn here? When we take responsibility for ourselves, we align fully with
There is a voice that follows me around much of the time, sometimes whispering in my ear, sometimes waking me up in the middle of the night, sometimes prattling on for hours and hours in the middle of the day, with no sense of how much is too much. This is my inner critic. She
It’s happened to all of us: We wake up one day, go innocently about our business, and then someone says something (seemingly) innocuous to us or we have to wait a little too long for the cable guy and WHAM!, we spiral instantaneously into uncontrollable overreaction.
I recently consulted an herbalist about some symptoms I’m experiencing that seem related to perimenopause. When he started by asking my age and immediately followed with, “You’re too young to have perimenopausal symptoms,” I stopped listening. And then I started an internal rant. Really?! Is it written somewhere that a nearly-44-year-old woman couldn’t possibly be
There are numerous teachings telling us that we should not focus on the things that we don’t want, that we don’t have, that we are not, so as not to attract that energy into our field … and thus create the very thing that we are wishing to avoid.
There are days when I feel like I’m absolutely crazy. One minute, I’ll be laughing heartily, filled with tremendous joy … the next, shaky and unsure of the source of a seemingly endless well of tears. In the past, I would make myself wrong for one or the other, tell myself to get it together
