Being with someone who has dementia is a lot like being with someone on LSD; they are in a somewhat different reality. It seems to work best to get excited for them each “new” realization, when they tell you again what they just said 20 minutes ago. It’s certainly further developing my own capacities for… Continue reading LSD and the Alternate Reality of Dementia
Category: Shadow
Facing Grief
Originally published in the Sonoma Gazette, September 2016. My heart goes out to all those affected by recent tragedies, notably the recent car accidents taking lives. It is the ultimate heart break when one of our loved ones dies. How can we be with all this sorrow? In our culture, grieving is challenging, as the… Continue reading Facing Grief
Feeling from the Depths of Our Hearts
Originally published in the Sonoma Gazette, August 2016. My heart goes out to all those suffering from tragedy right now. Its a lot to process and reactions are strong, including anger and hate. What can we do to truly help change the situation we all now face? Its closer than you might think. Violence is often a result… Continue reading Feeling from the Depths of Our Hearts
Will You Stand Next to Me When I’m Broken?
Will you stand next to me when I’m broken?Or will you go somewhere else – to let me be aloneTo let me be privateTo let me grieve, to be shaken, to be less than perfectSo your vision of me isn’t marredSo you can remember the good timesMe healthyMe laughing. Or can you stand next to… Continue reading Will You Stand Next to Me When I’m Broken?
What the Law of Attraction doesn’t tell you, that you really need to know to make it work
The Law of Attraction has risen in popularity over the past couple decades, similar to the philosophy as I learned: Thoughts are Creative. This is a beautiful, powerful, direct way of working with energy. What you focus on, you attract. What you think about, you create. Sounds simple, right? It’s true – partially. Having high anxiety? You… Continue reading What the Law of Attraction doesn’t tell you, that you really need to know to make it work
My heart goes out to everyone touched by the Orlando shootings
My heart goes out to all the souls in the Orlando shooting. To those who have fallen, to their families, to those who were wounded, or scared. To all those experiencing trauma from this experience. My heart goes out to all of you. This is something we can heal only by facing it, understanding… Continue reading My heart goes out to everyone touched by the Orlando shootings
The More You are Conscious, the Less You Can Avoid
Classic Mercury Retrograde. Yup, that’s my car in the picture. The path of expanding consciousness gets quicker and more direct the further along you go. Healers don’t get off easy, FYI. I think we get hit harder, faster, and more, if we don’t take the bull by the horns. For instance, here’s me after driving… Continue reading The More You are Conscious, the Less You Can Avoid
When “Yes” is my inner guidance, and when its something else
A client remarks the other day “I’m not sure I can trust my inner guidance. Its led me into so much trouble!” This is a really worthy topic to pull apart. So settle in, and feel into this as we go along. How many of you have felt a “yes!” about something, got totally excited,… Continue reading When “Yes” is my inner guidance, and when its something else
Slow Down and Listen
Many people are surprised to learn that I got thrown from a horse. Yes, me, a sensitive energy worker, thrown from my horse. Guess what? I was going too fast. I wasn’t listening. And I wasn’t listening to that niggly little sense of fear, which was my intuition telling me something was off, and I… Continue reading Slow Down and Listen
I am that, too
When we deeply react negatively to an experience or a person, its always worth asking yourself, am I rejecting that same energy in myself? If there wasn’t a sore spot to poke, that person’s behavior, words, or actions might not bother us so much. We might not get engaged, roped in, caught up in having… Continue reading I am that, too