HEALING WITH HEART
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April 3, 2025
Speaking and Listening from the Heart
When you speak from that deep, inner voice, you are really speaking from the unique tabernacle of your own presence. There is a voice within you that no one, not even you, has ever heard - John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A book of Celtic Wisdom In the age of AI, Siri, posting, texting and Tik [...]
March 20, 2025
“Fairy knots” & the choice to live more “Faith-fully”
The other morning I was doing my daily chores when I noticed a “fairy knot” in one of my horse’s manes. Of course, he was completely oblivious to it. As I looked more closely I realized this one was locked up pretty efficiently. Such locks or tangles, also known as "fairy knots”, are common occurrences [...]
January 23, 2025
A Lesson from the Briars
I was walking with my dog Nahla yesterday when she caught the scent of our neighborhood fox, or the mischievous kitty from next door who loves to tease a round of hide and seek through the small dense woods in the front of our property. Nahla’s ears perked up and her entire body stiffened in [...]
December 13, 2024
A swan or a duck, which one are you?
I adore them both, and each of these feathery friends never cease to inspire awe and appreciation in me when I happen across their path. More than once in my lifetime I have personally been likened to the smaller, slightly rounder, shorter-necked version of these close cousins. You see, I do not typically glide across [...]
October 29, 2024
Grief Tending
Grief tending, or the act of meeting our grief with awareness and tenderness, is a much needed medicine for our times. Sadly, we tend towards mantras of “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” and “get on with it”. We are expected to perform meaningful eulogies in front of rooms full of people just days after [...]
October 23, 2024
How do you protect your heart when the world feels so harsh and chaotic?
It seems like it is no longer the empaths of this world who are challenged to remain positive, hopeful and regulated on a day to day basis. With growing instability and polarization on national and international fronts, it is becoming more and more difficult for all of us to remain remain whole, humane and present [...]