Healing in late summer: Many harvests
It is no coincidence that during this time of year, late summer, we honor our ancestors,...
Read MoreIt is no coincidence that during this time of year, late summer, we honor our ancestors,...
Read MoreWhen things are difficult and we’ve done everything we can, it’s good to get out of our own way. Otherwise our mind can stay stuck in the pattern of the problem. And that is not helpful. Once you can get out of your own way and employ a few simple tips, a situation can be transformed before your very eyes.
Read MoreToday on Self-care Saturday, I’d like to talk about our inner voice. We know there are...
Read MoreDuring college I was fortunate to take several Psychology classes and I very much enjoyed them. Among my favorite subjects were the humanist psychologists. They embodied a lot of what I thought and felt. It was like learning something which made so much sense to me I could barely believe it was “a thing.”
Read MorePlant Spirit Medicine as a healing modality has much to do with Traditional Five Element Chinese Medicine. It also has much to do with shamanism. In the Five Element Chinese Medicine view we talk about the seasons and the five elements.
Read MoreWhen we feel lonely, stressed or anxious we need to reach out to plants, to be around them. Gardening is therapeutic and beautifying but beyond that, contact with plants begins to help us heal. Working with plants and being around them helps us remember who we are, what is important in our life and to regain perspective.
Read MoreI love being female. Okay, so a few times in my life when witnessing how linear, direct and seemingly easy things (and promotions) were for men, I may have said I wished to be a guy … for a day! But as I have matured I am actually in awe of the great gift and blessing that it is to be female.
Read MoreWhen we dream big, we are exercising our ability to wish, to connect with the longings in our heart. But we are also doing something else that is very powerful and beautiful: we are listening to the messages from the universe letting us know that we have the ability to make that dream a reality.
Read MoreAirports can be places devoid of the healing touch of Nature. On a recent trip, this became very...
Read MoreTo me, this is a day of love and friendship. It isn’t just for that special someone in our lives, but rather a celebration of the heart, of love, of that heart which is bigger than our physical heart, the heart that animates and blesses and steers the entire world.
Read MoreMost of my life I have been kind of obsessed with finding my life purpose. Even though I was doing...
Read MoreThis video was inspired by the the first 5K race I ran. In it I discuss my observations about running, pacing yourself, and the importance of paying attention to our energy levels every day.
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