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Content and trigger warnings, book bans, gender sensitivity, cancel culture. Even though most psychologists and social workers now agree that trigger warnings don’t work and “cognitive avoidance” (dodging sensitive topics) is counterproductive to emotional growth, the list of social hot potatoes and things we won’t or can’t look at grows longer by the day. Perhaps […]
You came to this earth eager. You came wanting to create. You came, not because you were flawed, not because you messed up in prior lives, not because you wanted to learn to be a better person, but rather because you wanted to embody, experience, and expand love – both within yourself and within the […]
How do we feel when we receive a diagnosis or are told about the “normal outcome” of a health problem we have? We tend to rely on statistics and experts and to discount anomalies. So anything out of the ordinary becomes a “miracle.” But what if we lived in a world where the “miracle” was […]
The words you use have the power to either heal or harm you. They can make you feel better about yourself and help you own your place in the world—or they can act like restrictive chains around you and erode your soul and spirit. Let me share private extracts from one of my journals (dated […]
Sitting on the couch across from me, Raquelle shared that it would be Henry’s birthday on Saturday. She and her family would be writing messages on balloons and sending them up to heaven, just as they did every year on his birthday. Henry died 22 years ago when he was 11 years old. He had […]
For so many families, kids’ sports bring a sense of pride, self-worth and accomplishment. They also foster dreams of making it big or receiving a college scholarship. This can make it extremely difficult for parents to accept it when kids want to quit their sport—especially when those kids are performing well and showing promise. But […]
The union of the feminine and masculine energies within the individual is the basis of creation. ~Shakti Gawain Too often in society, gender is confused with and narrowly defined by masculine or feminine energies. This narrow definition is limiting and creates stagnation. Humans contain both energies, regardless of sex and gender roles. A healthy balance […]
One size never fits all, whether it is a pair of stretch pants, the “universal” television remote, or an adjustable wrench. Why would we assume that there is only one method or program of recovery for addiction? Many people do assume there is only one path, especially if they themselves have become sober on it. […]
The conquest of fear is one of the primary reasons for life on Earth. Without it, the doorway to the next primary lesson, that of unconditional love, remains closed. Ask yourself, how many people fail to follow their true calling in life because of fear? When people incarnate into this world, they leave behind an […]
We have many desires that we cannot fulfill which cause frustration and endless suffering. Some of these desires seem to be fundamental, for example, the desire to keep everything predictable, stable and secure. However, life is built upon Principles that often oppose our imagined needs. We then fight and resist what happens intensely, and suffering […]
