Trauma is not what happens to us but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathic witness. Peter Levine As a Collective Consciousness, I think that we are in the throes of understanding that talking about our pain is not sufficient for healing. We must also feel into it, at the physical bodyContinue reading “Howling Out The Pain”
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Where’s The Peace?
Life comes from you and reflects back to you. The other day I was experiencing a bit of a rough patch. Emotionally, high-low and feeling so raw; mentally, the dryer called my brain wouldn’t stop tumbling; physically, I ached into the marrow of my bones. I mean, sheeeesh. I called out, “I just wanna feelContinue reading “Where’s The Peace?”
Losing Control & BECOMING
We’re BECOMING more human… we’re EMERGING from caterpillar-to-mush-to-butterfly. We’re experiencing all the drama, the depths, and the desires. We’re alchemizing, transmuting, and transforming. Welcome to your life! Daughter called in a panic last night. Snow on the highway and she skidded. It wasn’t like last year when she lost control on the 219, doing aContinue reading “Losing Control & BECOMING”
Massage Anyone?
Me: How you feeling after the catheter was removed? Her: Awful. I just feel drained. Me: I’ll be right over! how I responded to BFF’s post-surgery blues And not only did I pop over for a visit… I brought massage oil. Because nothing grounds us into our bodies and relaxes us more than a footContinue reading “Massage Anyone?”
On Patience – and Labor
Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full. Rumi Sister has asked me to create for her a long sound bowl bath onContinue reading “On Patience – and Labor”
SACRED PRACTICE
The body never lies. I was having an anxiety attack. It wasn’t a big one, and I was doing my very best to control it, understanding it, reason with it, push it into the corner and coax it back down in the basement. Because I had company. And having a panicky episode is messy andContinue reading “SACRED PRACTICE”
Yay But Nay
Having a child is like wearing your heart outside of your body. Erma Bombeck SecondSon bought a new house. We went to see it today. I love it! He loves it! The house itself needs work, yes, but it’s definitely worthy of being called Home. The land on which Home sets upon is DIVINE. IContinue reading “Yay But Nay”
First Snow!
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a MAGICAL event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment… then where is it to be found? J. B. Priestley Yes, it snowed for the first timeContinue reading “First Snow!”
Down The Rabbit Hole
Am I going mad? You’re mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I tell you a secret. All the best people are. Alice in Wonderland My son and daughter-in-love dressed up for Halloween this year… again. It may be their favorite holiday. Witches and brew? Cackle-cackle… Vampires and pirates? Let me drink your blood, Cap’n!Continue reading “Down The Rabbit Hole”
WHO ARE YOU?
YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM. No matter what you have been through, you are still here. You may have been challenged, hurt, betrayed, beaten, and discouraged, but nothing has defeated you. You are still here! S. Maraboli Whenever I feel bullied, I remember that there must be a victim if there’s a bully. That makesContinue reading “WHO ARE YOU?”
Writing Every Day Down 