The Divine Child is our natural state at birth. We are born as clear and true vessels; however, we then experience the impact of life’s hardships and challenges and our true self becomes distorted. The Child acquires wounds. Depending on early experiences like physical abuse, extreme criticism, emotional neglect, or even simply the modeling of a parent with an unacknowledged child-self – …
8 Strategies for Maximizing your Efforts as a Volunteer
Often the idea of volunteering in your local community is met with confusion or a little bit of hesitancy. There are reasons that can surface to stop you from volunteering. Doubts can arise, like: What charity is credible? Will my skill set be of value? How do I know if my contribution is making a difference?
Cleanse your Fear
It was the Nile River in Jinja, Uganda. It is the longest river in the world. The civilization of Ancient Egypt grew up around the Nile River. It was the Nile River and its natural cycles that supported the Egyptian civilization to develop and thrive, along with magick, of course.
5 Things to Consider when Starting Your Meditation Practice
I am passionate about meditation and what it can do for the human mind. For the past five years I’ve taught a weekly meditation class, and students show up with a variety of experience and hopes for what meditation can do for them. It excites me to see people from all walks of life, ages ranging from 12 to 81, …
When It’s “Never Good Enough”: A Hopeful Story of Self Acceptance
As many of you know, I am really, really hard on myself. From the moment I wake up I am thinking about all the things I need to do today, and I often find myself going to bed saying that I didn’t do enough. I’ve always felt like I’ve had a big purpose in this lifetime, and I constantly feel the …
Step up Your Stress Management Game and Break the Stress-Cycle
One thing all work environments have is stress. I’ve been working in a corporate environment over the last 10 years in both medium and large organizations. While I haven’t been in the working world for multiple decades, I have noticed how technology has changed it…
Surviving Being Suicidal and How to Heal
Recently, I was reminded of how tough it is to be suicidal. I was under enough stress that I started having suicidal thoughts (again) and it had been several years since I had felt that way.
Fighting Depression, Apathy, and Overwhelm
Throughout my life I’ve struggled with depression, apathy, and overwhelm. During the darkest moments, it often feels like there is no end, and I’ll feel this way forever. Thankfully, I did find my way out of the worst of it.
Help I can’t meditate! 10 easy steps to get into your mediation ‘zone’
I know when we think meditation we think of someone sitting cross-legged, chanting and having no thoughts at all … but that isn’t strictly true. Well done if you are that person but let’s face it most of us leading a regular life, have work, children, bills to pay and a million thoughts running through our minds every minute.
Perfectionism: Why Letting Go is a Perfect Plan
In a society that is goal-oriented and success driven, I imagine many of us were raised to have perfectionist tendencies. It’s a positive thing to have goals and want to do your best, but when a person will only do something if it can be done perfectly, then we have a problem.