by Martha Beck: Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny “Story fondlers are chockablock full of disappointment and anger about the bad things that are present in their lives and the good things that are absent. By talking about this constantly, they get help and sympathy from others. This affords them…
DetailsThere’s a difference between experiencing love for someone and making love a product that you direct at that person. Loving someone should be a nurturing, nourishing thing because it is a feeling within you that is complete. It’s like a complete sentence in and of itself. The love you feel for your child, for your…
DetailsWillpower is an amazing thing to have. It helps us get through situations where the high road isn’t what we want to take, but we know it’s for the best so we exert to align everything in us to make that happen. Willpower is usually a skill of the mind as in mind over matter,…
DetailsMost people think of conversations as what we say. They think that what they express is through words, through speaking, through talking it out. There’s the printed word as well. Words on the screen, on the page, on the wall. Meaning comes through saying what we mean and meaning what we say. Whether we’re talking…
DetailsIn spiritual and therapeutic circles we talk about “giving permission.” We give ourselves permission to do this or that, be this or that. We give other’s permission to be or do this thing or the other. We release unnecessary boundaries that are holding us back from being authentic and fully experiencing all we can be…
DetailsWhen people talk about being vulnerable, they are usually referring to a situation where they were seen by other people. Whether that was on purpose like giving a presentation or not like not knowing your fly is down or your skirt is tucked up in back, these moments expose us…ahem… to others. We are without…
DetailsIn Brene Brown’s research she’s found these 10 things which are the key factors to living a wholehearted life. I struggle with at least half of them every single day. *sigh* What’s interesting to me is that when people talk about these things they see the first half as a goal they wish to achieve…
DetailsWe all like to be known and be seen. Well, as long as how we’re known is a positive thing. No one likes to be the local pariah. However, there’s a more practical side of being known and seen. Life is going on all around us all the time. We’re not an island in it,…
DetailsI don’t know how many times I’ve heard people describe their authentic self, their voice, in these lustrous terms. It’s loving and giving, making the world a better place and doing for others. It’s speaking the unvarnished truth about things and seeing the world clearly. It speaks in ringing tones about everything that’s possible and…
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