Posts Tagged ‘healing’
The Effects of A Mother Wound
The effects of a mother wound run deep. The first thing I want to say to you is this. You didn’t do anything wrong. It’s not your fault. What happened to you happened because your mother was carrying severe unhealed trauma when she was carrying you, or when you were little. Even though it was not your fault,…
Read MoreFeeling Shitty About Yourself?
Feeling shitty about yourself? I’ve been sitting in session with many wonderful humans. The only problem? They don’t believe they’re wonderful. On the contrary, their head is filled with a mean, critical voice that consistently delivers messages about how awful they are and how they’ll never get life right. Does this sound like you?…
Read More3 Reasons to Heal Generational Trauma
3 reasons to heal generational trauma offers you an understanding of how the lineage suffers when trauma is unhealed. Often we don’t know why we repeat the crazy things we do. We also do a ton of healing work and feel frustrated that we can’t beat those patterns. You know, the patterns that repeat and repeat and…
Read MoreThe Same Damn Triggers
Do you feel like this when the same trigger damn triggers keep tripping you up over and over again? You thought you’d worked on it, overcome it, vanquished it. But here it is again, rearing its ugly head. —— Yeah, me too. So I’m gonna tell you how I deal with triggers. Hopefully it’ll help…
Read More6 Ways to Healing
6 ways to healing is about bringing gentleness to your practices which take the struggle out of it. Working on ourselves endlessly has become the modern-day obsession. There always seems to be a new level to aspire to, a new modality to learn, or a new vibration to get to. Healing can be simple, when you…
Read MoreGrief Is A Journey That Grows You
Grief is a journey that grows you. We learn about the five stages of grief. We read about how the second year might feel when compared to the first. We want to get to 2022 because we believe we will be feeling much better then. What if you could let go of the need for…
Read MoreSilence Heals the Soul
Silence heals the soul. When my mother died in 2009, I wanted to hide. Solitude became my friend. Shattered by loss, I wanted nothing more than to burrow into a cocoon and lick my wounds. When friends tried to get me to go out or find other ways to distract myself from the pain, I…
Read MoreWhen Boundaries Become Barriers
When boundaries become barriers, we cut ourselves off from connection and intimacy. Every time my mother had to make a decision, especially one that involved the gods, she had to call her mother. Is Friday a more auspicious day than Wednesday? Should I go to this temple or that? How many times should I chant…
Read MoreWhy it is Hard to Feel Our Feelings
Why it is hard to feel our feelings is a subject I could write an entire volume on. I remember a moment during my intense grief over my mother’s death. I was sitting on the oatmeal-colored carpet in our living space, tears streaming down my face. My husband looked at me, sighed, and asked the…
Read MoreThe No. 1 Reason Why We Don’t Heal
The No. 1 reason why we don’t heal is actually a simple one. It’s something we can change with intention and awareness. About fifteen years ago, I had a pain in my gut that just refused to go away. It was a case of bad acidity. It kept me from enjoying the foods I loved,…
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