Transformational Alchemy for the Highly Sensitive Person
Apr 11In the science of human behavior, reward systems are often explored. There have been countless studies done on the effects of extrinsic (external) vs. intrinsic (internal) motivation. It's widely understood that intrinsic motivation, (doing something Keep Reading
Apr 08Seeing things differently. Positive Psychology sees things a little bit differently. Its foundation lies in the study of finding those aspects of self which, when fostered, lead to increased feelings of well being and inner peace. For example, Keep Reading
Apr 04I've always had a cherished relationship with my dreams. I've never passed dreams off as the meaningless result of something I ate before I went to bed, or some remnant of a movie watched recently. My dreams to me are pathways into my own soul. To Keep Reading
Mar 31Spider Medicine can be terrifying. When Aaron and I first moved to New Mexico from Minnesota, we pulled up to our new home having no idea what to expect. I had rented it months earlier from intuition alone, not able to see the inside due to massive Keep Reading
Mar 17One of the things I most love about my work is that it’s not so much work as it is a fascination to me. I’m a voracious reader and a lot of what I read is in the area of transformational coaching or transpersonal psychology. My work is what I do for Keep Reading
Mar 03Many of us in the healing professions have a block around receiving payment, or even asking for it. The world is filled with powerful healers unable to continue their work because they haven’t created a financially viable business. They have not yet Keep Reading
Mar 01We’ve had a deep hibernation this winter. For some reason it seems this earth’s cycle brought us deeper into our solitude than in previous years. I keep hearing people speak variations of “I’m in limbo”, “I’m in the void”, “I’m empty" … yet somehow Keep Reading
Dec 0710 things about myself I vow to never again hide... 1.) I'm frequently wrong. I’ve mis-judged people, mis-read people, and made a few odd turns in the road. I’ve spent a lot of time underestimating myself. But I also believe that our mistakes in Keep Reading
Nov 26Thinking about things differently... I was in Albertson’s recently and witnessed a striking reminder of something that is wrong with the status quo. The woman in front of me was placing her items on the conveyor belt-- a two-liter bottle of Coke, a Keep Reading
Nov 02The restorative effects of beauty are far-reaching. Beauty in any form is regenerative, healing, and fortifying. I was reminded of that this morning when my husband and I took our three dogs for a walk at 5:30 am. In that not-quite-awake stupor, we Keep Reading