Finding an Antidote to the Poison of Shame

Finding an Antidote to the Poison of Shame

Shame is a poison that keeps us from experiencing our own joy and disconnects from the aliveness within and around us. Whereas guilt is associated with a particular memory or event and having done something wrong, the feeling of shame is about being wrong at our core....
Resentments and What to do With Them

Resentments and What to do With Them

Some people can spend hours dwelling on the wrongs done to them, the injustices, the slights, the snubs, the insults, the differences, slurs and just plain bad treatment. They can think of a particular instance and sure as the sun comes up, so does these feelings...
Self-Acceptance is an Action

Self-Acceptance is an Action

Imagine you are standing in front of a full-length mirror. Naked. You have been asked to gaze at yourself for two minutes.   Now take a quick inventory of the feelings that come up with this suggestion. Did you feel curious or afraid? Interested or hesitant? Willing...
Ancestor Entanglements and Your Career Choices

Ancestor Entanglements and Your Career Choices

Are you doing what you love in your work? Maybe you don’t mind your job but you don’t feel like you are being paid fairly or treated fairly in the workplace. Maybe everything would be ok in your work if you didn’t have to put up with the people in the environment who...
Are ‘Expectations’ Killing Your Relationship?

Are ‘Expectations’ Killing Your Relationship?

“Expectation is the opposite of relationship” – Stephan Hausner Let me explain. When we hold expectations of what we think somebody should “be” or how with think somebody “should” be it makes it much harder to see the person or situation. It also takes you out of the...
Connecting with your Ancestry gives you Strength

Connecting with your Ancestry gives you Strength

Our relationship with our Ancestors can ground us and give us strength to become healthier and more successful in all areas of life than where we come from. On the opposite side it can leave us feeling unsupported, isolated and unloved with feelings like we are always...