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? […]
Navigating Emotional Tides: Managing Feelings and Capacity in Challenging Times
Revised: August 16, 2025 Emotions are tunnels. You have to go all the way through the darkness to get to the light at the end. ~ Emily Nagoski on navigating emotional tides We are in crisis again for the umpteenth time in the last decade. The constant barrage of executive orders and unholy cabinet appointments […]
Working with Our Shadow
Revised: August 12, 2025 Jung On Shadows: “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ~ Carl Jung The average person spends much of their day operating from various states of unconsciousness. We sometimes call it autopilot. Our bodies are going through the motions because the motions […]
Unhealed Wounds and Shelter in Place
Revised: August 12, 2025 Do not kid yourself, a conflict is never about the surface issue. It’s about one’s unsaid, untreated, and unhealed wounds. ~ Unknown Author Americans do not have good mental and emotional hygiene. Few of us were taught that one of the keys to mental health is to honor and experience our […]
Faith is an Ocean
Revised: August 3, 2025 To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead, you relax, and float. ~ Alan Watts In today’s world, we, as a society, are struggling with our Spirit and our […]
Self-Awareness, Spirituality, & Fulfillment
Revised: August 12, 2025 Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. ‘Know thyself’ is not a narcissistic pursuit. ~ Marianne Williamson Empaths and sensitives often have trouble identifying, going after, and achieving our dreams and goals – be they personal, relationship, or business. Discovering the recipe for what will truly fulfill us requires […]
Going Inward: The Call of the Season
Revised: August 11, 2025 The moment the senses start going inward, we are tapping into the eternal source of energy. ~ Gurudev Shankar Embracing the Dark Season We are entering the dark season—the time of year when days grow shorter, nights stretch longer, and our inner world begins to call to us. There’s a deep, […]
The Phantom Persona: How Empaths Lose—and Reclaim—Their True Selves
Revised: August 11, 2025 Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. ~ Matthew Arnold The Phantom Persona This week was full of family time and observing young adult teenagers as they begin to rebel and mature. You know, that messy in-between stage where they’re fighting to become their […]