I’m guessing many (all?) of us have experienced lots of feelings of separation. In fact, close your eyes to bring those feelings into view. Maybe you’re even experiencing a few of them in your reality at the moment. Where is there separation in your life? I know a woman who’s estranged from her brother. Another who hasn’t spoken to her … [Read more...]
Reverie over a Container of Compost
Slipping my morning lemon slice into the compost bin, I spy what’s grown overnight - vibrant green mold on a piece of old bread - and it brings my thoughts to what grows in the dark. I think of how healthy plants and people need light to thrive, and how secrets hiding in the shadows of a relationship can grow moldy, mucking up a healthy … [Read more...]
Releasing Generations of Negative Stored Energy
One of the most memorable healing journeys I had involved an energy healing, although I didn’t know that’s what would happen, or even what energy healing was, when I entered the treatment room. I call a friend to ask about a remedy for my aching back after a minor car accident, and she suggests I go see another friend named Marilyn Wise. I know … [Read more...]
Living Into New Life in a New Place
My husband and I bought land in the mountains of western North Carolina when our sons were nine and 12, with the idea that we’d move from Ohio when they’d grown. And we did. But before we left northeast Ohio, in the years of high school graduations and traveling to the mountains to choose faucets and tile, I fill pages in my morning journal. I’m … [Read more...]