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 […]
5 Spiritual Journeys of the Empath Entrepreneur
Revised: August 11, 2025 It is scary to talk about soul or love in our hyper-rational data-driven world, but I am convinced these are the missing pieces in our potential, and in fighting fear this is the only genuine way to talk about change and becoming fearless. ~ Dr. Pippa Grange…on being an empath entrepreneur […]
Empaths and Work
Revised: August 11, 2025 Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. […]
Thriving as an Empath: Evolution, Empaths, and Lightworkers
Updated: February 16, 2025 This is part five of a five-part series on energy and Thriving as an Empath. Did you miss previous blogs? To The Evolution… Over the years, I have spent a lot of time studying our world; politically, scientifically, socially, and consciously. I first learned I was an empath from a counselor I was […]