The keys to our freedom are in our hands. Yet so often we ignore them, brush them off, put them to the side or outright deny them. The keys to our freedom rest in our willingness to walk into and sit with the paradox of our dilemmas. We have been taught to avoid our own shadows,Continue reading “For How Long Do You Suffer?”
Monthly Archives: February 2017
It’s Time to Wake Up
Many of us are hibernating our greatness inside the shells of our fears. It is time to wake up to our greatest potential. Open your heart and mind to yourself. Love the hurts. Love the many faces and facets of yourself that have hurt and that have been hurt. Allow the past to be theContinue reading “It’s Time to Wake Up”
Breaking the Ties to Our Emotional Pain
When we walk through life carrying the pains of old relationships, we begin to become weighed down by them. These old wounds and hurts lead us to be unable or unwilling to engage with new people who come into our lives who want to connect with us. In these ways, the pains caused in theContinue reading “Breaking the Ties to Our Emotional Pain”
Gratitude Changes Everything
It was Monday morning and my household had a severe case of the Mundays (See the movie Office Space for the full reference, caution: it will make you laugh). For most of the morning there was much bickering and it reached a peak on the way to the bus stop. It began to shift whenContinue reading “Gratitude Changes Everything”
Healers, You May be Missing the Point
So many of us in the healing community will bend over backwards to help others in need, even complete strangers. Yet, so often we fail to take care of ourselves. We are often overweight, arthritic and in deep emotional pain ourselves. If so, then we are missing several important points in our healing practices. WithContinue reading “Healers, You May be Missing the Point”
Dream Analysis Part IV: Accepting the Change
This is Part IV of a 4 part series about dream analysis based on the book Inner Work: Using Dreams & Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Jungian analyst Robert A. Johnson. In this fourth and final step of dream analysis we take action on our interpretation of the dream. Johnson refers to this asContinue reading “Dream Analysis Part IV: Accepting the Change”
drowning
i said i wanted to learn to swim so you threw me into the deep end. i made it to the edge again exhausted & weary, barely breathing. when i said let’s do this more slowly you threw me into the ocean blue the waves took me under i struggled & struggled disoriented, i swamContinue reading “drowning”
Dream Analysis Part III: Burning Wild
This is Part III of a 4 part series about dream analysis based on the book Inner Work: Using Dreams & Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Jungian analyst Robert A. Johnson. In part I we made associations to the elements of our dreams & in part II we connected these associations with our innerContinue reading “Dream Analysis Part III: Burning Wild”
New Blog: The Happy Pelvis
While studying for my certification test in the fall, I felt it important to share self-care facts about the care of the pelvis. It was then that I started a new blog called The Happy Pelvis. I’ve been slow to write posts as they are a bit more intensive. Hopefully you or someone you knowContinue reading “New Blog: The Happy Pelvis “
mixed desires
the desire to be desired, yet not be used or consumed. ~the desire to speak my truth. the desire to be trusting & vulnerable yet not to be abused. ~the desire to please you. the desire to meet you, yet to myself remain true.
