We are social creatures. For most of us we crave and thrive on connection and socialization. We are hard-wired to seek out the approval and support of others and to build community. And like any other endeavor in life, sometimes we will be successful, sometimes we will fail, and most of the time we will…
Transition spaces and events have held mystical significance for millennia. Doorways, crossroads, public meeting places, village squares, windows, mirrors, archways, bridges….all of them suggest to us transitions from one place to another, one state to another, one moment in time to another. With minds that look for pattern and for bodies that seek for and…
“My life will never be the same”. The media pushes stories of grief and shock, of tragedy and anguish over and over again until we seem awash in devastation. Because it sells advertising. Because, like a police officer giving a ticket, a car wreck on the side of the road, or any kind of real…
So many of us hide what we are. We can feel as if being big, being our true and magnificent selves is too much. We won’t fit in, we’re too egotistical, we’re being selfish, etc, etc. Sometimes we hide for practical or professional reasons. But at some point in our lives, it will be time…
Making art is one way in which we discover a part of our secret selves. To create something requires us to move past logic and masks and rules and social structures into our true selves. It allows us to speak with our inner being in a language that is wholly our own. Whether it is…
Teachers of Reiki have a rule, they don’t offer reduced rates or coupons or ‘special deals’ because you get what you pay for. What you offer in recompense (money/service/trade) shows how much you value the thing you are receiving. And most teachers are not into teaching students who act as if their eduction is a…
Souls are much larger than any one body can contain. It would be nearly impossible to fit all that we are into one body. And our souls are so dense with knowledge about the Universe and who we are that it would make living our lives, learning our lessons, living our dreams nearly impossible. So…
Most of us spend a great deal of time keeping ‘shields up’. Keeping out unwanted opinions, dodging unwanted behaviors, trying to fit in to situations which don’t fit us, and basically doing whatever it takes to get what we want and not being seen for who we are because that would prevent us from getting…
Self-sabotage can be the silent soul killer. Our brains are amazing pattern makers. We look at random facts and experiences and make structures out of them that may or may not be true. Or they may have been true at one time but circumstances have changed and now they are not. But we hold onto…
I’ve heard this conversation so many times and I get it, but it’s still frustrating. “My life is like _______ and I just can’t take it any more. I need to do something about it I guess.” The thing about this conversation is that it’s confusing. It looks like someone who needs help and is…