Through the Sharing of Stories
“You always had the power, my dear. You just had to learn it for yourself.” ~Glinda This quote is used A LOT and it should be. On the surface it appears empowering and in a world full of disempowering ideals, anything that empowers us, can always be useful. However here is My Beef with Glinda the […]
A Week of Being a Messy Human Have you considered the experience of A Week of Being a Messy Human recently? I am 83,865 words into writing a book. A memoir to be exact. I don’t know how I will publish it (look for an agent or self publish) and that really doesn’t matter to […]
“Like drawing a rainbow with one crayon.” ~ Deb L. We all feel inadequate at some point in time. We think we are not smart enough. Not tall enough. Not strong enough. Too fat. Over sensitive. Too loud. On and on and on. We cope. We deal with these perceived inadequacies in one way or another. […]
“The most damaging phrase in the language is: We have always done it this way.” ~ Grace Hopper We have all heard some version of being condemned to repeat history or without a knowing of history we are doomed to repeat it. I found countless images on Google showing old men parting this wisdom to […]
Empirical or Practical Empirical – depending on experience or observation alone without using scientific method or theory Practical – mindful of the results, usefulness, advantages or disadvantages of action or procedure Practical I know. Empirical I feel. Unfortunately, we live in a day and time when knowing overrides feeling. Tough for someone that is very […]
“There’s no secret to Balance our lives. You just have to feel the waves.” ~Frank Herbert Balance – An even distribution; a condition where different elements are equal; to keep or put in a steady position so that it does not fall. I am not sure how life and balance ever got linked together. Life […]
“Many of us hold on to only those memories designed to protect us from being hurt again, memories that support our defenses, memories that the evolutionary biologists claim are part of our inborn ‘negative bias.’ Could any memories be missing?” ~ Mark Wolynn, from his book It Didn’t Start With You If you really take […]
Words I have written numerous times about words. They are simply fascinating to me because they are our ‘go to’ means of communication and yet they are our most unreliable means of communicating. I think this is especially true for the English language. There are so many words that sound alike, even spelled the same […]
I think we have an addiction to treats, being treated and even to treatments for the quick and short term satisfaction that they provide. I think we avoid the wholeness, conclusion and freedom that healing provides. Why is that? Treated or Healed? Where are you? Treats, Treated or Treatments Treats, being treated to or by […]
I recently saw a Facebook post where the writer used this term, “Energetic Groping”. The crux of the post was about someone trying to market to another person based on an intuitive piece of information that they had received about that person. The writer was not happy about the way in which the person was […]
Dan and I are both Reiki Masters and many people have no idea what that is. We didn’t know either until a few years ago. As many of you might know, Dan is a child abuse survivor and “Thriver” and it took many years and a lot of open mindedness to get to this point. […]
It Really is OK to be Selfish. When you look up the definition of selfish the first half is about lacking consideration for others and unfortunately that is where most of us stop. No one wants to be thought of us not being concerned for others. But as you continue on in the definition, the […]
