Self-Care For The Soul

You are AWESOME! You were born awesome! And - the human journey includes the process of separating from our awesome selves. Somewhere along the way, some experience tells us that it’s not okay or not safe to let the light shine, and that innate permission to be awesome gets taken away or buried deep inside.  In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we reclaim that permission, le...

The topic of Fortitude came to me a earlier this week as we in the US were going into our elections for president and other representatives. The outcomes very uncertain. A time of division like we have not seen for a very long time. I decided no matter what the outcome, I would use this time as an opportunity to strengthen my convictions, hold firm to my purpose and move forward with fortitude, pe...

You know that feeling? Feeling a bit lost, uncertain? Not knowing what’s coming next? Not knowing where to put your time and attention? Not knowing where you fit in? Sometimes life takes twists and turns we are not expecting. For instance, 2020. It can derail the train and change the course of the whole track and the landscape along which the tracks are laid. How can we regain presence and tap int...

There are so many issues dividing our people right now. So many hot buttons all being pushed at once, it can be dizzying. I care about each of these issues – I have my own heartfelt passionate beliefs. I care about our planet and all her inhabitants. I care about what you believe and what is important to you. I care much more that we do not allow our differences to divide us. What are we doing wit...

Even in times of uncertainty and fear, we can take measures to increase our inner sense of safety and security. When we feel fear, we separate from ourselves. The chest tightens, the breath gets shallow, and our bellies turn upside down. We become divided from the deep heart of love and connection to the ultimate Source of Love. There is a lot of fear moving through the masses right now. It’s palp...

Today’s Prayer & Healing Circle will focus on prayers for Mercy, Healing and Restoration for all who are suffering around the world – the people, animals, plants, water, air and earth – all of existence. We invite prayers for all who are suffering from fires or storms, from illness, from loss of loved ones, from loss of jobs or homes, from violence, for all who are hungry, from all who are in...

Last week we talked about 7 Practices to Raise Your Vibration. This week I want to focus on one in particular – Clearing Your Energy Field – AT LEAST DAILY! There is so much negative chatter right now floating around in our airwaves, reverberating through the collective field, hitting us through every form of media. It’s conflicting and confusing and overwhelming. There’s enough truth in each one...

Woke up this morning and it’s still 2020! The challenges continue. But that doesn’t mean we have to internalize the challenges and let the stress infiltrate our bodies. There are simple practices we can do every day to lift our vibrations and help to lift the vibration of the planet. In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we practice 7 steps to raise your vibration. At the end, I offer suggestion...

Reflecting on the work of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has inspired me to look at the Divine Attributes of The Judge and Justice. In a world that seems unfair and unjust, we are compelled to strive for justice and equality. And yet, we each have unique viewpoints of what is just and equitable. At the same time, most of us want to believe there is Divine Perfection in a Divine Orchestration of event...

Some of what we see in this world invokes beauty, others not so much. Yet, if everything is from One Source of Unconditional Love, how can we see that Truth in everything? When we learn to see through the Eye of the Heart. Today, I want to share a passage from my teacher’s first book – still my favorite book – Music of the Soul, by Sufi Shaykh Muhammad Sa’id al-Jamal ar-Rafa’i ash-Shadhuli. The pa...

How can we make the world a place we can feel safe to live in? What can we do when the world around us seems to be in turmoil? How can we bring a little more heaven onto earth? By aligning our reality with the Divine Knowing within and practicing kindness… In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we will bring presence and witnessing to the heart and the core of the body. Our focus is to brin...

With the world becoming more and more polarized, how do we decide what is right? The mind can get confused, but the heart knows what the mind does not. Deciding from the Heart brings you to an inner truth you can feel. The nature of the heart is to turn. The heart is constantly turning between the inner knowing of Divine Essence and Truth and the outer manifestations of the material world, which o...

This past week, I was in a City Council meeting defending my father’s home from encroachment of a new development – the home where I grew up and lived my entire childhood. At the same time, my spiritual home – the spiritual retreat center and community center where I lived and worked for many years, where I grew up spiritually – was burning to the ground. I had to ask, “What is the message You are...

This past week, I witnessed an extremely painful childhood experience – one of those shaming moments that separates a child from his own light. As painful as it is, we all have these experiences in childhood. It’s part of the human heroine’s journey, and the healing of the scars is a part of the return to unity with the Sacred Self. These experiences leave scars, but they can be...

How do you recognize when you feel you are “not enough?” It’s a big reason we buy things we don’t need and accumilate unnecessary debt. It makes us easily manipulated by people who prey on desires for abundance, which are often the flip side of fears of scarcity. It also leads to overconsumption and waste which is a huge contributor to consumerism and the destruction of our...

Survivors of sexual abuse have a need for social connection to give them the support to heal – something that has become more elusive as we all hunker down in our homes in the midst of a pandemic. In this interview with Debra Graugnard, Janet Bentley , talks about the power of connection in healing from sexual abuse and complex PTSD, the challenge of maintaining social connection in these ti...

Today’s Prayer & Healing Circle features a healing for the shame that can stop us in our tracks when we want to show up and speak and be our true authentice selves. Bring your prayers & intentions and join us for this healing process.

The words “touch” and “online” might sound like two very incompatible terms for obvious reasons. They may not be that incompatible, though, as this episode shows. Are you a healer or bodyworker? Has your business been affected by the pandemic? It turns out you do not have to give up your purpose or passion for serving. Join Debra Graugnard in this interview with  Joan...

In these challenging times, your health and well-being need extra attention and support. In this interview with Debra Graugnard, Compassionate Healthcare specialist,  Dr. Rabia J. Goodban , teaches you how to allow compassion to flow through your systems and carry you to a true transformation journey. Offering transformative healing for almost two decades, Dr. Rabia combines different alterna...

For the past week, the song “Oh Very Young” by Yusuf Cat Stevens has been playing in my head. “Oh very young, what will you leave us this time? You’re only dancing on this earth for a short while… And if you want the world to see a better day, Will you carry the words of love with you…” It got me thinking about purpose. What is most important about the purpose we are here to fulfill? The purpose y...

Movement is not just something that we normally do; it is what we are. In this crazy world, bringing fluid movement back into our bodies can help us release the trauma and stress we have accumulated over years of shackled existence. Do you want to learn tools for releasing trauma and stress? Debra Debra Graugnard shares this wonderful conversation with her teacher, Donnalea Goelz, Ph. D. , executi...

Sometimes life feels like a big conflicting mess. The inner voices chattering, arguing amongst themselves. What is right? What is wrong? Why do the horrors of the world exist and plague us so? Yet what if this questioning could lead us to a place within ourselves where all of these questions unite us with the One Love? In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we use the Remembrance meditation and r...

There’s been a common theme coming up in my classes over the past couple of weeks. In uncovering deeper needs, several people have identified the need for forgiveness – forgiveness of self and others. Forgiveness is not always easy because we think we’re letting injustice off the hook. But forgiveness is more about removing the hooks of injustice from yourself – setting you...

Gratitude is a powerful act. It affects every layer of your being – the conscious mind, the subconscious programming, the nervous system, your energy body, your emotional state, your spiritual self and your connection with the All That Is. Gratitude can be felt and expressed in many ways as well. In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we’ll begin with a meditation to tap into the gratitude innate...

The unrest is necessary for us to evolve, and clearing fear and hatred from the atmosphere helps us break through and get to unity and peace with more ease. In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we’re using the Ho’Oponopono Prayer practice to bring healing, light, forgiveness and love to the environment that surrounds our planet, clearing the air for the Earth and all her inhabitants to live mor...