Self-Care For The Soul

Happy Groundhog Day! February 2nd is the day when the groundhog emerges from his den and if it’s a sunny day and he sees his shadow, he retreats back to his den and we get another six weeks of winter. But why does he retreat when he sees his shadow? This is a question we could each ask ourselves. We all have shadows, and we’ve all experienced those times when the light shines on us and we see our...

The Sacred Feminine energy is paramount in guiding the collective back to the Light of Peace and Unity. Archetypically speaking, the feminine is the state of being, that which contains all the parts of the whole in a unified state. The masculine is the state of moving out and doing. We have lived for centuries in a primarily masculine state – the state of going out and doing. The patriarchal...

Sometimes I feel like we humans are running around in a shower trying to not get wet, all the while praying for rain. We feel lack, we want, we need, we yearn, we seek… and that which we truly seek is closer than we realize. The poet Rumi said: “What you seek is seeking you.” In last week’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we tapped into our hearts and made intentions for the k...

Do you have a story to tell? Do you wonder if your story is worth telling? Do you question whether anyone would read it? Wondering where to begin? Then please listen to this inspiring interview with Daria Anne DiGiovanni, author, ghostwriter, editor, copywriter and independent publishing consultant. What impresses me most about Daria is how she connects with her clients to draw out their stories,...

We’re going through intense times on a global scale right now. At the same time, astrologically and cosmically there is great potential for healing, transformation and transcendence. It’s a good time to center in on the heart’s desires for the kind of world we want to live in. Join us for today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, as we come together in peaceful meditation to listen to the heart a...

Please join us for today’s Prayer & Healing Circle to pray for Peace, Healing & Protection for all the people, animals and the earth. Specifically, we call for healing and peace for the conflict with Iran and for the fires in Australia. This session uses Divine Names for healing, for forgiveness, creating sacred space and protection. To find details, visit the blog at http://www.joyfullyli...

We move into the new decade faced with many problems that threaten the collective of our humanity and the planet. AND this is a time when we can make powerful changes that will tip the scales for the higher good. To help us understand how to access our own inner wisdom and participate in evolution for the higher good of the collective, Dharmendra Gordon offered us a LIVE webinar event. Dharmendra...

There are only a few days left in 2019. It’s time to anchor in and integrate the gifts from the past year so you can move forward into a new year and new decade with clarity and strength. Today is part 4 of the 2019 Finish Strong series, Moving Forward with Clarity & Strength. Don’t worry if you missed any of the first 3 parts. You can still benefit from this episode. To catch the other episod...

When you move from one home to another, you don’t pack up your garbage to take with you to the new space. You throw away the trash and take of old stuff you don’t need any more to the thrift shop. When you are leaving, ideally you clean out the old space, turn out the lights, close the doors on your way out and say goodbye. Similarly, when we want to move into a new phase, time or spac...

Do you ever get that feeling like you’ve been working away and yet you got nothing accomplished? Next thing you know it’s the end of the year and you’re wondering where the time went? However, if you take time to look back, even if things didn’t go exactly as planned, you can find successes. We tend to check things off the to-do list and focus only on what is left to do. But it’s just as important...

2019 seems to have flown by, but it’s not over yet! There’s still time to fulfill a few more of the goals you set for this year and finish stronger and more fulfilled. If you’re not one to set New Year’s resolutions or annual goals, that’s okay. Just bring with you a goal you have for yourself. Is there a relationship you want to mend? Or something you want for yourse...

Forgiveness is best used as a daily elixir. It can be subtle like a multi-vitamin or strong like a powerful healing tonic, depending on the needs of the day. Even if you don’t know what your needs are, forgiveness knows how to heal your discomfort and return you to connection with your true self. You don’t always need to analyze why you feel uncomfortable. You don’t have to know whom to ask forgiv...

Today’s Prayer & Healing Circle offers you a practice to connect with your body and your belly, calm your nervous system and honor your heart and spirit. This is an awesome practice for any time, and it’s especially important during holidays. Here’s the Thanksgiving prayer included in today’s call. You can keep this to use during holiday meals. It’s a good one to use at any meal – every day! W...

The poet Rumi wrote: “The crack is the place where the light gets in.” This is also quoted as “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Yet when the outer surface of a wound heals, it is covered over with scar tissue, which tends to be tougher and harder to penetrate than the surrounding area. We tend to favor the parts of ourselves that have been hurt, guarding and protecting them from...

We’re in a time of increasing polarization. Current events have been separating us into us-vs-them camps – “he said, she said, which side are you on?’ It’s time for awakening the light of unity and wholeness, as difficult as it may seem from that place. At the depths of our existence, we are all one. This is what we’re exploring in today’s Prayer & Healing Circle. We will call on the Div...

What is the success you seek in your life? Does it bring you fulfillment? Are you looking forward to a fulfillment success might bring when you reach it? Or are you fulfilled in the pathway you are traveling to reach the success you seek? In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we’ll explore the relationship between seeking success and finding fulfillment. We’ll invite balance and harmony between...

The people we admire and statuses we aspire to tell us a lot about our core beliefs and values. They also tell us about our struggles and give us insights into how we might overcome them. Life presents us many potential role models, positive and negative. Some we are drawn toward and some we are repelled from. Others we may be indifferent to. We are drawn to those who hold up a mirror to our perso...

We all have things that trigger us – a word or phrase, or a concept or a person that sparks a fire in us or shuts us down. What are your triggers? Words? Concepts? People? Groups? What reactions come up in you when you encounter them? Have your triggers cut you off from people you care about? Have they stopped you from opening your mind and heart to what may be a way forward toward your pers...

We are all energy – all connected as one fabric that blankets the earth – and the impacts that ruffle the fabric ripple through the whole cloth. To stay with the surfing analogy, an impact into the ocean of the collective consciousness energy will ripple throughout the entire ocean, sending waves around the globe. We, as a part of the collective, are all affected by the impacts that hit around our...

The holiday season is here – already! Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish Ney Year. L’shanah tovah, a blessed new year, for all who celebrate this day. Most of us are preparing to spend time with family for the holiday season. It’s a time when stress levels can soar. Old family dynamics can fall back into their old grooves and all that work you’ve done to be the authentic powerful version of yourse...

When we speak and feel we’re not heard, it hurts. These are among our basic need of human beings – to be heard, understood, respected, validated. If you have a pattern of speaking and not being heard, you likely have a filter that says, “no matter how hard I try to speak my truth, I’m not going to be heard.” We each have our own filters through which we experience lif...

A King Ruler is one who commands and rules over the people. A Servant Leader is one who serves the people and acts in the highest good for all. In your kingdom or queendom, your body temple, your mind is typically the leader. What kind of leader is your mind? This is what we’ll be exploring in today’s Prayer & Healing Circle. We’ll offer an exploration and experience for your...

This past week, hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas as a Cat 5, claiming the lives of 43 people and leaving 70,000 people homeless. Fires burning in the Amazon continue to threaten the lives and homes of indigenous tribes who have been defenders of this precious land against deforestation for logging, gold mining, farming and cattle ranching. In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle as we offer p...

The Abundance mentality is killing our planet, and we need to stop it. Yet, it’s all we hear about. “Live a life of abundance!” “Live the life of your dreams!” Each of us is given a course to travel on this planet – lessons to learn and purpose to fulfill. There is a Divine orchestration that provides exactly what we need to traverse that course. If we can really get this and trust that God provid...

Pain, pain, go away! And don’t come back another day! Isn’t that how we speak to our pain? “I can’t wait until this pain goes away!” “Why won’t you just go away?” Whether it’s physical, mental or emotional pain, we just want to be out of the pain. As a bodyworker, I was trained to tune in to the pain, to be present with it, to listen to it and allow it to direct me to what it needed to be able to...