We, travelers, as spirits in human suits, know our connections with others have the potential to reduce stress ,live longer and happier lives, and increase our self confidence. However, even though we claim this truth, we often carry beliefs and self-sabotaging, self-defeating patterns blocking the vulnerability and intimacy necessary for the connection experiences we crave!Continue reading “Embracing Connections”
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Those Monkeys In My Tribal Monkey Mind Inner Community
I spent most of my adult life being a driven workaholic until I was forced into early retirement at age 62. Because I was blessed with a “brain opportunity” in my 62nd year of living I was granted the opportunity to see how I owned and claimed a series of distracting activities. BeforeContinue reading “Those Monkeys In My Tribal Monkey Mind Inner Community”
Why We Continue To Avoid Self Love
Instead of reaching for the stars, we pick up the closest two-by-four to use in beating ourselves for not achieving our goals. We cannot seem to move out of our own way. Numerous life-show stoppers prevent us from loving ourself. Have you actually ever stopped to consider the one person you have a life timeContinue reading “Why We Continue To Avoid Self Love”
Mindful Traveling
A week ago I returned home from driving approximately 6100 miles from Virginia to the Southwest and many places in between. I have traveled in the past with friends but this was a solo adventure. In fact, I do this Sacred Pilgrimage once a year. It is my traveling Spirit Quest. I have traveled frequentlyContinue reading “Mindful Traveling”
Once A Week Water Fast
It seems the rhythm of my mind, body, spirit goes in cycles. The past few years when I have been about to experience a transformational change my body tells me it wants me to make a change in how and what I ingest. I happen to believe our body never lies and it holds muchContinue reading “Once A Week Water Fast”
Breathing Peace
I just returned from the place I go once a year for a solo personal retreat. Each time I go I experience a deeper spiritual awareness yet it also is a validation of how simple finding inner peace is. As I hiked alone through desert terrain close to spacious mountains I knew I was inContinue reading “Breathing Peace”
Are You Distracted?
“ Distracted from distraction by distraction” ( T.S. Eliot) Distraction: Something that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else Internal distractions: Thoughts, conflicts, obsessive thinking, and emotional states of being External distractions: Noises, people talking, temperatures, odors, electronics, and technology When I was growing up in the 1950-1960’s I had no internet butContinue reading “Are You Distracted?”
Being A Lone Wolf In A Social World
It may surprise some people who think they know me to know what a lone wolf I am. Just like the wolves in natural settings I so admire I do not have a desire to be an integral part of the pack but I crave the connections and find myself drawn into becomingContinue reading “Being A Lone Wolf In A Social World”
Co-Existing With Grief In The Journey
I have had my share of losses in my lifetime…two romantic partners whom I walked beside as they left this world , all my uncles and aunts except one, all grandparents, both my parents, several devoted cats and dogs, friendships, jobs, homes, and the list is endless. No one in my educational settings or in myContinue reading “Co-Existing With Grief In The Journey”
Choosing To Release All In The Name Of Personal Freedom
Having experienced in the past three months the deaths of both my elderly parents I was inspired to take a three week adventure to Scotland. This journey turned out to be the greatest transformation of my life! It did include mystical and magical experiences, but even greater than those was the inner transmutation of peopleContinue reading “Choosing To Release All In The Name Of Personal Freedom”
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