Feeling Your Feelings: Read ‘Ensouling Language’ by Stephen Buhner September 22, 2014 • 2 Comments One of the most worthwhile things I have re-discovered these past few years is to allow, trust and honor feelings and emotions. In my other life, I felt things, but I would push those feelings as far away as possible. I did not live an inhabited life before everything fell apart, I lived at the edge, peering in. For me, “feeling”…
Green Healing Goodness: Matcha Tea Benefits September 19, 2014 • 1 Comment Caffeine and adrenaline don’t play very well together, at least not in my body. I discovered this in the throes of adjusting to my new life as a widow and single parent, as I attempted to drag some of my old habits right along with me. The caffeinated jolt from my morning coffee, the one I love to drink as…
Signs from the Universe: Lucky Pennies September 15, 2014 • 1 Comment I have an odd habit of finding pennies. I don’t try to find them (it’s a rule) and I don’t actually look for them, but they appear anyway. I tracked this odd penny finding tendency for a few months out of sheer curiosity. The most I found in one month was twenty-one. I averaged ten. On one day, I found…
Life Transitions and the Beauty of Sharing Wisdom September 12, 2014 • 0 Comments This Fall seems to be full of transitions, and I am trying to keep up with it all, but honestly, always feel like I am falling behind. No pun intended. I keep thinking things will begin to simplify and slow down, but the pace just seems to get faster. Since this is my favorite time of year, however, I am…
On Falling Down, Getting Back Up and Being Enough September 8, 2014 • 2 Comments “There comes a time in life when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. Surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don’t. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of life,…
The Secret Life of Secrets: When to Tell a Secret? September 5, 2014 • 2 Comments “Lying, by omission or commission, is a bad idea. I cannot shake my dependency on the white lie, because I was brought up to be nice. And I’ve never figured out the nice way to say, ‘I’d rather stick a fork in my eye than come to your house for dinner.’ But the meaningful lie, the kind that involves being…
Talking About Suicide for Healing September 1, 2014 • 0 Comments As a result of Robin Williams’ suicide, I have had quite a few requests for radio interviews. I really enjoy them because it is interesting to hear what people are curious about in regards to this subject. Common themes have emerged and there have been a few probing questions that have really made me stop in my tracks. Suicide is…
On Warrior Pose and Being a Warrior August 29, 2014 • 4 Comments After reading a truly amazing book, I found myself looking up the meaning behind warrior pose. Richard Rosen, a contributing editor of Yoga Journal, offers this: “The yogi is really a warrior against his own ignorance,” Rosen says. “I speculate that Virabhadrasana I (warrior pose) is about rising up out of your own limitations.” I can’t imagine a more fitting…
Gasping for Air and Healing with Every Breath August 25, 2014 • 0 Comments When I was in high school, I volunteered at a camp for kids with Cystic Fibrosis. Each summer was an amazing experience because these young, beautiful souls came together and spent time enjoying themselves in the company of others living with CF. No questions were asked. No explaining needed to be done. They were just free to be kids at…
A Forensic Exploration Into Understanding Suicide August 22, 2014 • 2 Comments I have been pondering suicide from a more forensic point of view, trying to understand what it is that makes the subject so very difficult for us to explore and discuss in a way that will ultimately be healing and expansive on both the collective, and individual, levels. This exploration has grown out of the soil of my own discomfort…