The holidays are nearly here. It’s really interesting how these few days of the year really kick up emotional stuff for people, including me. It might bring back happy, or unhappy, family memories, it might be stress caused by the time or financial pressures of buying all those gifts. It might just be nausea caused by the relentless [...]
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Daily Gift 12/18/09 Holiday Cheer
Posted in Daily Gift on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Daily Gift 12/12/09 Breaking Rules
Posted in Daily Gift on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The day I write this blog is actually 4 days in the future, but I am back-dating in the hopes that you won’t notice that I missed writing for 4 days. After resisting writing on a regular basis, I finally committed 2 months ago to write in my blog every day. Life was relatively quiet for over [...]
Daily Gift 12/11/09 Moving Forward
Posted in Daily Gift on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we envision the next steps in our lives, it makes a world of difference whether we see ourselves as moving away from a situation, or moving toward one. Often our motivation for change is dissatisfaction with a current situation. We might not like our jobs, our partners, our income or some other aspects of our lives. [...]
Daily Gift 12/10/09 Moving Out of Our Comfort
Posted in Daily Gift on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Surprising things can happen when we find the courage to move out of our comfort zones. It is the place of growth and new discoveries. It is the step of faith that heals many wounds. Many years ago as a young adult I suffered from chronic neck pain and TMJ. I went to a chiropractor [...]
Daily Gift 12/09/09 Noticing
Posted in Daily Gift on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I finished a painting that I’ve been working on for many months. I thought it would never end, yet knew that each stroke moved me forward on this long journey I’ve been on. Somehow I knew that when it was finished, I would be ready to move on to a new phase in my [...]
Daily Gift 12/08/09 Erasing the Lines
Posted in Daily Gift on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am faced with several options right now. Big, juicy ones, involving where I will live, how I will work and who will be in my life. And each option will take me in a very different direction. I find old tendencies cropping up as I contemplate each one. They each have strong points, but [...]
Daily Gift 12/07/09 Unconditional Receiving
Posted in Daily Gift on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We humans are so conditioned to conditions. We want what we want, and we want it the way we want it, when we want it. With all these rules and specifics we invent, we don’t leave much room for serendipity or surprises to come into our lives. And when they do, we often dismiss them as [...]
Daily Gift 12/06/09 Wheel of Healing
Posted in Daily Gift on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend I was given the gift of a traditional Native American healing ceremony. Offered to me by a medicine man I have come to know recently. What a beautiful experience. What a gift. The pipe ceremony created a sacred space to help me let the past go in an honoring, loving way. And in letting [...]
Daily Gift 12/05/09 The River
Posted in Daily Gift on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A great deal of healing work deals with releasing that which no longer serves – outdated beliefs, limiting thoughts, etc. There are so many ways to let things go. It is helpful to work with a healer (or a good friend) on these issues because we generally cannot see them for ourselves. They remain with [...]
Daily Gift 12/04/09 High Expectations
Posted in Daily Gift on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a child, a palm reader looked at my hand and told my mother that I would do great things in this life. My mother told me this and it burned itself into my mind, still clear as the day she told me. She also told me that my favorite teacher, 5th grade, Mrs. [...]
