Beyond People-Pleasing: An Empath’s Path to Honest Relationships
Revised: August 16, 2025 When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret. ~ Shannon L. Alder, on people-pleasing Honest communication of your […]
When Disruption Brings Change
Revised: August 6, 2025 Every successful social movement in this country’s history has used disruption as a strategy to fight for social change. Whether it was the Boston Tea Party to the sit-ins at lunch counters throughout the South, no change has been won without disruptive action. ~ Alicia Garza The Role of Empaths in […]
Being in the Body
Revised: August 6, 2025 We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Do you spend a lot of time out of your body? What do I mean by that? Our consciousness, our point of presence, can move outside of our body. […]
Hitting the Wall (Again and Again)
Revised: August 7, 2025 I was the perfect person to have a burnout because I was not listening to my body at all. ~ Robin Soderling Pandemic Burnout Over the past few weeks, there has been a definite theme among my clients (and myself)—exhaustion beyond what seems normal or explainable, zero drive or giddy up, […]
Ego and Intuition
Revised: August 7, 2025 “Ego interrupts intuition.” ~ Danielle LaPorte Ego and Intuition Ego and intuition are like two sides of the same coin. Egos are great at being dramatic, “logical”, and dark. Everything is doom and gloom with ego. Ego’s job is to protect you from harm, and it’s really good at it. Intuition […]
We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
Revised: August 7, 2025 Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ~ Barack Obama There is a lot going on these days. The divide between us and them seems to grow deeper […]
Between Two Worlds
Revised: August 7, 2025 There is something special about the beauty in the unclear, the ambiguity, the in-between that you can’t totally recognise. ~ Alessandro Michele Our time in between two worlds began in 2020 when the global pandemic shut down the whole world. We have been in it ever since and we will be […]
Power Struggles: The Collective Healing Of Now
Revised: August 7, 2025 Unresolved past is destiny; it repeats. ~ Thomas Hübl Power Struggles Culturally, we are going through great change right now. It is uncomfortable at best, and downright painful for many people. The division we are all experiencing on so many levels is the result of both natural evolution and outside manipulation. […]
Emptying the Vessel: A Winter Solstice Ritual
The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time — a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken. ~ Frederick Lenz Here in Northern Hemisphere, we are coming up on the Winter Solstice this Thursday. Making […]
Embracing Your Shadow
There is strong shadow where there is much light. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Carl Jung wrote, “Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in madness? Do you not want to recognize your madness and welcome it in a friendly manner? […]