Reading Time: 6 minutes There is no soft way to put it into words when you have been sexually abused as a child, how 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 […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes When relationships end, whether a romantic relationship, professional relationship or even plutonic friendships, feelings of grief and loss, even rejection and insecurity can occur. Grief is a natural process to go through, a natural emotion to feel. So please don’t think that there is something wrong with you when you find it hard to let […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes I had an interesting discussion with a woman who came to play the transformational board game I invented called the Game of Clarity over the weekend. We start the game by formulating questions, regarding which each player wants clarity and direction. This woman had two different directions to choose from and after talking for a […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Self-improvement was something I continually strove for. I was always looking for a way to step out of my comfort zone and learn through new experiences. My interest in energy and alternative healing began with dedication to my yoga practice. I tried different styles from different instructors. Some classes were more fitness-based, with a strong […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes As a child, I remember making whirlpools with my friends in their pools. We would run through the water in a big circle as fast as we could until the water spun so quickly that we could lie flat on our backs allowing the current to effortlessly sweep us away. There is a process to […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The novel coronavirus is causing stress on so many fronts. It’s the uncertainty of so many unknowns that is raising the collective anxiety around the world. People worry about their own health and that of their loved ones, how to best take precautions and the possible impact of an economic downturn. The situation changes daily […]
Reading Time: 12 minutes Many of us are trying to make sense of what is going on around us during the coronavirus crisis. Some of us turn to our spiritual beliefs and practices to fortify ourselves, and that may provide some solace. But our lives have been upended in a way that most of us couldn’t have even imagined […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes There will usually come a time that a conflict will arise in any relationship. A rupture is a form of communication that can result in an argument, misunderstanding, and/or disagreement. For example, there may be miscommunication resulting in an argument. There may be a falling out due to not hearing, listening and/or understanding the other […]
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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: 19 minutes How many times have you contemplated heading to the nearest airport and booking a one-way ticket to elsewhere? How many times have you actually gone through with it? If you haven’t, not even once, that’s probably because you don’t take the option seriously, pathologizing it as an escapist delusion. It isn’t. You may object, arguing […]
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