The Meaning of Life (Video)
What is the meaning of life? I would say it’s very easy. Don’t use your mind to try to understand the meaning of life. Use life to understand the meaning of life. That means immersing yourself totally into whatever experience is presenting itself, whatever that experience might be. Whether the mind labels it as good…
Go the Mountains, A Voice Calls
Angst follows me like a heavy cloud that won’t lift as I drive west with my car full, and my friends, Jane and Geri, driving up ahead. They, too, are leaving the East Coast for San Francisco. We stop in Nashville, home to country music and where Jane’s friend lives. Sitting on her porch under…
Pain Chronicles
It is late evening. Before I go to bed I draw the pain. It is a night with many waking hours. The pain just does not respond to all my tricks and I do not fall asleep. I meditate so as to get into a state where the body relaxes completely. At least there will…
Do Toxins Interrupt the Natural Process of Fertility?
When considering pregnancy, there are many factors to include. Finance, relationship health, career paths and so forth are all looked at. Very few people, however, consider the toxic burden of both the mother and father when planning a pregnancy. Infertility is becoming more frequent and it has been suggested that over 10% of the world’s…
Deep Reflections of a Daughter on Mother’s Day
My Reflections Another ‘Mother’s Day’ is around the corner and I find myself in deep reflection pondering about being a mother and its ultimate meaning. I am a mature woman who is a Feminine Cycle Consultant and a Women’s Coach, therefore the subject of motherhood is dear to my heart. I am not a mother myself,…
Shamanic Simplicity: Integrity and Awareness, and Horses
My journey as a medicine person has come to a place where most things come down to 2 very simplistic foundations: awareness and integrity. Also, energy-in, energy-out.. Awareness applies to everything: that we operate on many levels, and we need to become aware of what we transmit and receive on all of them. Physical level–…
Witch
I am a witch. It took a long time for me to accept this label. I’ve always loved the romantic notion of a witch, I lapped up the pop culture when I was younger (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Morticia Addams), and I read books about witches whenever I can. Now I am even beginning to…
5 Vegan-Friendly Foods That Are Packed Full of Nutrition
We all know that it’s important to maintain a healthy and balanced diet that contains all the vitamins and nutrients we need. But there’s more than one way to go about healthy eating. Many people, for one reason or another, have chosen to adopt a vegan diet. It’s possible to maintain a healthy lifestyle without…
Giving Healing Some Horse Power – Part 6 of 6
The right fuel As someone who’s experienced food intolerances in the past I’ve become very interested in reading labels and knowing what’s in the food that I eat. Also, through my work with horses I’ve seen the consequences of a diet that is not appropriate to the animal’s needs. Many of the commercial horse feeds…
3 Minute Business Review (Video)
One thing that small business owners, sole traders and consultants are often notoriously poor at is taking time out, taking stock and reviewing their business. Yet it is one of the most important things to do. If we don’t we can quickly find ourselves and our business off track, overtaken, overly stressed and in serious…
Journey West, No Turning Back
I hear the clock ticking, the cicadas buzzing to a different time outside my family home in New Jersey. The steam evaporates along the rim of the cup I am holding. It is nighttime. It is quiet for three seconds, it seems. I feel emptiness. I hold the resonance of Patricia’s words in my gut….
Introducing Helen Sanders
As a busy mother of two who slipped into a very unhealthy lifestyle I decided it was time to take action and start looking after my well being. At first I thought it would be difficult, however, over time I’ve picked up on one or two tricks to lead a healthy balanced lifestyle. I am…