Spiritual Journey
Receiving the Extraordinary
Can you recall a moment in your life where you felt pure joy? Or a time that you felt so loved by something bigger than yourself? For me, there are no words that can thoroughly explain the experience. I am fully present and able to receive these gifts without any hesitation. There is a feeling of…
Read MoreThe Power of Looking Back
Have you ever listened to a podcast or read something online and some small truth just jumps out at you, prompting you to see things in a whole new light? I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love these moments! I tend to revere them with tenderness and awe, knowing this type of opportunity…
Read MoreThe Great Mystery
For many, this time of year is a welcome reprieve from the long “dog days of summer.” As the temperatures begin to drop, along with the leaves of the trees, change is in the air. Pots filled with flowers and the gardens we’ve planted have grown, bloomed, bore fruit, and now begin to wither. At…
Read MoreMy Mother’s Wisdom
As a child, my mother used to tell me and my siblings to go outside and “get the stink blown off you”. It did not matter if it was over 90 degrees and the taper candles on our dining room table were melting. Conversely, it also did not matter if it was so cold that…
Read MoreThe Door
Although the Light has been steadily returning since Winter Solstice, the colder mornings have me withdrawing and diving more deeply into my spiritual practices. And even more so as a new year is being born. I know for many during this first month of the year; their spiritual practices include setting intentions, dreaming of possibilities,…
Read MoreGrowing Our Spiritual Journey
Have you ever found yourself plateauing when it comes to your spiritual journey? You are just skipping along, growing and expanding, and then at some point, you realize you are stagnant. I know. I have experienced this while walking my spiritual path over the years – dare I say, for many years. Although I have…
Read MoreDead Bones
Take a moment. Journey with me. There is a fairy tale, maybe you have heard it? It is about an old woman who few rarely see or know. She has been known to travel along the highways, dry riverbeds, and deep mountain paths. On her journey, she collects bones of all types of creatures. She is especially…
Read MoreReflection and Envisioning
As the year begins to draw to a close and before we begin anew, we are naturally drawn down memory lane. This act of slowing down to reflect over this past year has the potential for creating a powerful healing moment before stepping into a new year. December of last year, due to the potential…
Read MoreSelf-Forgiveness as a Spiritual Practice
Many of our religious and spiritual practices include the concept of forgiving others of whom we perceive as having wronged us in some way. Forgiveness is not necessarily for the benefit of the other person, per se, but for our own well being. When we forgive others, we are able to have closure and receive…
Read MoreGratitude Offering
It is often through the small gestures of our lives that true spiritual connection can be created and maintained. In our busy lives, these small actions often get overlooked, thought of as unimportant, or worse yet, completely forgotten. It is often the simplest of things that can make a powerful positive impact whether it is…
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