Reading Time: 2 minutes I dedicate this poem to Dr. Staicu, the ICU staff at Highland Hospital in Rochester (NY), and therein the amazing staff on the seventh floor. Being hospitalized was my biggest nightmare, but I landed in loving arms. Almost everyone looked at me with eyes of love and spoke to me with kindness and compassion. Their […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Here I am, under a shelter-in-place order, as most are by now. However, even before the order, I started distancing myself and limiting interactions with others, not because of the fact that I’m a high-risk, but because I consider everyone a threat. I am now accustomed to choosing when and where I go, but it […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes There is no soft way to put it in words when you have been sexually abused as a child and that defined your sexuality and messed up your perception of friendship and intimacy. You can only become aware of it, accept it, hate it, hate everyone, use people, feel guilty about it, start the pattern […]
Tags:- Abuse Acceptance Boundaries Control Dissociation Empowerment Fear Intimacy LGBTQ+ Libido Love Memories Pleasure PTSD Rape Relationship Relationships Self-harm Self-healing Self-Love Self-Worth Sex Sexual Abuse Sexuality Shame Trauma Triggers Women
Reading Time: 4 minutes I have been meaning write about my perception of the darkness for quite a while, and have written a few poems about it. Now it’s time to try prose! The catalyst comes from reading last week’s Healers’ posts on vulnerabilities, diagnoses, shadows and water. I enjoy nature in the dark, the mild air and sometimes […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes In the brightness of light the darkest shadows appear. It’s magic, although it might not always feel like this, especially when you’re standing in the full embracement of life, feeling the comforting warmth of the sun shining in your neck. Touched by the hand of unconditional love in your back, your head being held by […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” (Dalai Lama) Nowadays we live in a very individualistic world, a society driven by ego, prestige and status. It’s all about “what’s in it for me” and how to get the best for “me, myself and I,” whether it’s in a materialistic, educational […]
Tags:- Acceptance Altruism Anxiety Buddha Buddhism Connectedness Contentment Depression Disconnectedness Disconnection Ego Empathy Emptiness Existentialism Gratitude Happiness Individualism Joy Kindness Loneliness Love Metta Mitta Oxytocin Pain Sadness Sorrow Suffering Unfulfillment Unhappiness Well-being
Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you have a strong drive to make others—family, co-workers, friends—feel better (helper syndrome)? Are you so used to taking care of others—putting their needs first, making them comfortable, ignoring yourself in the process—that you don’t even notice when someone offers to support you? Do compliments pass you by—you hear the words but just don’t […]
Tags:- Appreciation Awareness Barriers Beliefs Caring Denial Despair Disease Fear Gratitude Intentions Isolation Joy Listening Love Perception Rage Receptivity Separation Spirit Spontaneity Suffering
Reading Time: 3 minutes Did you know that the presenting problem is not the real problem? So many times clients tell me that they have an issue with depression, drugs, smoking, anxiety, and so much more. The truth is that this is a conscious effect from an unconscious cause. This is because most people live in memory. If we […]
Tags:- Acceptance Anger Crystal Ball Fear Forgiveness Gratitude Hate Inner Child Love Memories Transformation Trauma Unconscious Visioning
Reading Time: 4 minutes Since I stepped on to the Reiki path five years ago, my perceptions of health and healing have evolved greatly. For me, healing is a journey on which we remove the obstacles which imprison us, preventing us from experiencing our loving nature. This perception of healing is explored in great depth in A Course In […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Soul loss is a form of self-preservation. When we experience trauma, we experience soul loss because the part of ourselves that gives us life and vitality “leave” in order to prevent permanent damage. This causes a systemic distortion that manifests in many ways, ultimately compromising our quality of life and our ability to connect with […]
Tags:- Abundance Addiction Agoraphobia Anger Anxiety Apathy C-PTSD Depression Disassociation Fear Happiness Health Liberation Love PTSD Relationships Sadness Soul Loss Success Suicide Trauma Worthlessness
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