Category Archives: Spiritual Growth

And so I am here . . . and I know why

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

This is a true story. In fact, there is truth (albeit my truth) in everything I post on this blog. I have always struggled to define my purpose here. I know my passion is writing, but to what end? Each … Continue reading →

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Belly Power: Embracing the Goddess Within

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

How many women in their bearing years or their just-past-bearing years have put their hands on their own bellies or touched their breasts and thought about the immense power of the woman’s body that they bear?

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Words Are How I Know

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

Words are the way I know. I wrote that some months ago, and I am only beginning to see how true it is. When I sink into the meditation space, I have access to a humongous toolbox of spiritual processes … Continue reading →

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Why Am I Answering My Own Posts?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

For those of you that missed the chat (see Love Your Own Work First: Take the Validation Challenge), there  is a great power that comes from giving to ourselves that which we most desire from others. As a play space, … Continue reading →

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The Energy of Seeking Validation

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

What’s really going on when we ask others to validate our work?  When we wait for those comments: “You’re a really great writer,” or, “I love your site! You have such a great style.”   I looked at validation-seeking today … Continue reading →

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Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are!

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

Twenty-some years ago, I realized that I prefered to play on the all-girls team. I began a process of coming out as a lesbian, to one person here and one there. Friends, family members, colleagues, hotel clerks: each person raised … Continue reading →

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This Billboard That is My Head

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Whether we are conscious, unconscious, or somewhere in-between, our Spirit conspires with the rest of us to send us messages. Accidents, disasters, pain, anger, depression, even disease can be signals from our spirits to us, asking us to step more … Continue reading →

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My Passion and My Purpose

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

A wise teacher once offered me the opportunity to reflect on my passion and my purpose: what I love to do and what my purpose is in this lifetime. Lately, what has come clear is this: it is my passion … Continue reading →

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The Meditation That Changed My Life

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

Sometimes a teacher comes along with just the right tool: one that will change the student’s life forever, if he or she is courageous enough to pick it up and use it. Such a tool and such a teacher came … Continue reading →

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How Can I Fix You–if You Aren’t Broken?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

As a healer and lightworker, I have spent a tremendous amount of energy in years past trying to help people who seemed to me to need help. From my very earliest memories of playing mediator in my family of birth, … Continue reading →

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