To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.   The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.” My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he di

Those of us that have come out of abusive and traumatic childhood experiences sometimes use those experiences to shape our consciousness of what love means. The cycle begins when we are taught to associate the feelings brought on by the trauma with the feeling of love. We continue to feed these traumas to ourselves and in our future relationships, creating a desperate cycle that leaves us continually feeling hurt, betrayed, and untrusting the potential goodness and kindness i

Living under a tin roof hasn’t been the easiest choice in my life but in moments like this I appreciate the decision because of the fruits of that action.

How to manage the news today.

Many of us that came out of abusive and traumatic experiences sometimes perceive those expeirences as our consciousness of what love means.  Taught these ways, the cycle begins  and we continue to feed these traumas to ourselves creating a desperate cycle that leaves us feeling hurt, betrayed and untrusting of the potentiality of goodness and kindness.  There is a way to break this cycle and step into the light and connect with the source of all goodness, the Creator of all t

Someone wise once said that everyone has 83 problems. Recovery from the ministroke has been a daily walk.  My life, how I manage everything has been built by my ability to do 20 things at one time.  I would consider that I could partition my brain and just have a conversation while I sent someone an email, typed a post to a client, researched something of interest, and answered volunteers questions. With this stroke for over 3 months my ability to focus on more than one thing

In this moment, the movement and the breathe and the feeling of her body because all she was. She was entirely present.

There comes a time and day in every novel where you need to flip the page, where what went before no longer makes sense.  The insane stay there stuck in the past. The strong stand in the now being the next story that comes to the tell.

She often woke up like this, still sleeping while she was awake. 

There are a lot of people in the world, all different types. Looking into the eyes of people you can see all sorts of things. Some people shine and sometimes when you look at certain people you will see exactly what is in their soul.  All souls are not the same and not everyone is trying to be in the light.

Where she had touched the sleeping girl, her skin glittered with golden electrical sparks. Then with a blue flash of light her presence disappeared from this dimension.

For children of addicts alcoholics and abusers This is raw, and it can be utterly so hard to grasp the way when the caretakers who to most people provide them a safe start, violated those assignments and brutalized the realities of children.  We are children that have been beaten with words and weapons, ignored, neglected, manipulated, uneducated, children who were not given a firm foundation, children in whose hearts eco words of curses and shame. Some of us know something w

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Abuse survivors as myself, walk over mental landmines in every conversation. Consciously practicing new strategies in interpersonal connection makes it easier over time. An ancient text, often provided me insights about better techniques than striking people that felt threatening. At 15, that was my strategy - as a woman you had one hit or one mythical kick and you ran. People that know me now may not see that side of me - Proverbs is a goldmine of wisdom. When I hit 50 commu

Somedays, you just need to wait, be still, know God is God. Wait until the dust settles so you see the next step. Some days you just let the emotions wash over and through you because that is the best you can do. Even in these days and moments you are valuable. Be kind to yourself because these moments pass.

Sometimes we make mistakes in life. One way is trading our loneliness and inviting an abuser into our life. I believe when we have sexual intercourse with a person, our souls merge and a connection is formed. When kind, good natured people entangle themselves in these relationships it can destroy their lives. Rebuilding from this, I feel, it is important to heal the areas that allowed an abuser to gain footing as well gaining the wisdom to recognize them, and the strength

A powerful tool to understand and question when we pass judgements on other people. How we can often see what we are judging is reflected in ourselves.

Comprehensive interview about the breath.

My attitude needed an adjustment. It is odd how when we go through intense burst of less than pleasant experiences and our way of thinking wants to shift in its own direction. It is like navigating some intensely hard terrain while hoisting a large bag. If we allow the mind to fill itself or fail to screen how we see what is coming in the bag can get heavier and heavier and the path more dangerous to navigate. I am tossing the rocks out of the bag, I would rather have free ha

Some days, when you start doing the practice may feel so busy. Our lives are pulled in so many directions. Deadlines, people´s needs, things we have to accomplish. Waking up out of a restless sleep, we have a new kitten who is very much on their own schedule. The kitten decided to engage in an epic battle early in the morning - everything was its target - moving stationary. The attacks by the softest balls of fluff are a mix of annoying and thinking this is a ball of flu

When there are a lot of things that you have lived through, or your focus is on the fearful, the scary, the overwhelming, the things that are impossible to know what to do on your own gratitude can feel almost impossible, especially when you have not created the space for peace within you. Today i invite you to begin. Let´s create a gratitude list. Just a list of things that you appreciate. My list today: I am so greatful for the biodiversity that I am surrounded with. I lov

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¨Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord. Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. Do not be a

Most of us are watching the news. Sides are forming and each other believes the other is at fault. Emotions drive actions and the energy of both. There there are no sides, there are only people in war. Go within, know yourself, and heal what is there. It takes a person will to hold accountability, to rise above and one who realizes they can be the change and end a war inside of them. Then to act in love and forgive. To choose to let go of fear. Forgiveness overcomes a wa