Most people have a visceral reaction to the concept of incest. It’s lizard brain stuff to some extent because we’re wired to not want to have progeny that would be unhealthy and having a family tree that doesn’t branch causes those kind of problems. Then there’s the higher level things like broken trust, destroyed boundaries,…
Most everyone has head of co-dependence whether they actually know what it means or not. Thank you, Intervention. It seems so much like caring for the other person. They have such troubles and can’t seem to get out of them, everyone needs support sometimes and so it’s necessary to help them through this time and…
You have goals, you have dreams, you know what you want your life to look like someday, but is it even possible to get there from here? Someday isn’t now and there’s just so much that has to get done. You’ve got priorities and responsibilities and so many people depend on you…Besides, this is what…
There’s a common perception out there that somehow we are spiritual beings trapped in bodies striving to get home again. This means that the more we strive to get out of the bodies, the better off we are. It also values spiritual matters over physical ones as if these are somehow separate and that there…
Sometimes there are aspects of ourselves that have a very quiet voice. It doesn’t matter if we’re an extrovert, if we’ve lived a spiritual life for over 40 years, if we’ve “found” ourselves or been walking our path. There are parts of us that whisper, that need quiet, that wait until things are still to…
It’s human nature to be uncomfortable with discomfort. It’s a signal that something is wrong and that it needs to get fixed. The question is how to fix it. Most people are terrible at figuring out how to fix emotional things. We don’t have a good relationship with our emotions in the first place, we’re…
Ever had that moment where you’re home, the lights are off and the light switch you need is just over there? So you walk towards it with your arms out, confident but hesitant because you know where everything is in the room. Then you reach out to where this piece of furniture should be as…
I had a client recently, who asked me how they would receive a sign that it was time for them to start on their path, to start serving the purpose they designated for themselves in this life. The question startled me so much that I actually laughed. We had spent the last 30 minutes discussing…
Life is what happens while you’re making plans. We’re taught to plan things before we execute, think ahead, work smarter not harder, that way we can get from here to there, achieve our dreams somewhat in the same way a classical army would “take that hill!” I tend to visualize this as an architect carefully…
…is a phrase that ends children’s stories. No need to worry about what comes next. The good guys get rewarded, the bad guys are either gone or have learned their lessons, and all is right with the world. No more work, no more struggle, no more heavy lifting, just bliss and happiness and playtime forever. …