I am Awakening to my True Nature

I’ve developed a preference for language that draws attention to the Goodness within.  We use terms like spiritual growth to describe what I see as Awakening to the fact that you already have all that you need to cultivate a life of peaceful joy.  Often we feel like we are broken and in need of…

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Rest in the Home of You

Identify the things that help you to feel at home in your body.  Do those things.  The way you know you feel at home in your body is that your anxiety is a little less, your thoughts are a little quieter, and the feeling of “I should be doing something else” is a little less…

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Purposful ​Gratitude

Gratitude doesn’t come easy in the midst of loss, pain, and internal discomfort. The thing is: gratitude is like medicine. This month marks 11 years since my first life changing Awakening.  This Awakening was preceded by a time of deep sadness, pain, and spiritual bankruptcy.  A professional suggested that I write out a gratitude list which named…

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Down Goes the Wall – creating secure attachments

Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That wants it down. Robert Frost The wall: the emotional barrier created for self-protection.  We need love like we need water. …

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Trauma, Hope, and Healing

Human connection and intimacy are amongst the greatest things we can experience in this life.  Sadly, past hurts and trauma can lead to an inability to connect in a way that feels safe and nurturing.  Bessel van der Kolk in his book The Body Keeps the Score, states that “Trauma, whether it is the result…

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