Something I run across frequently is self-abuse. There is quite a bit of focus out there in the world on how people abuse each other. Whether it is explicit through trolling, war, bar fights, domestic violence, or the plethora of prejudices out there, we are bombarded with information about how we abuse each other on…
Most everyone has heard of co-dependence whether they actually know what it means or not. Thank you, Intervention. It seems so much like caring for the other person. They have such troubles and can’t seem to get out of them, everyone needs support sometimes and so it’s necessary to help them through this time and…
“They need me.” This is something I hear from clients in conjunction with should I move here or there, should I get a big place or a small place, should I plan for them or not. It could be in reference to aging parents, grandchildren, adult children, or a partner. It’s interesting to me that…
In the US today is the national holiday where we are supposed to honor and acknowledge those who have served. There will be parades and parties, tons of flags flown, speeches made, and lots of flash and show. All of which is great, because they deserve to be honored and remembered and acknowledged. Each service…
It’s a common issue with scientific exploration to withhold judgement or truth claims until you can be sure you understand the nature of the thing you are studying. So much of the wrangling in scientific communities is not about the data (although that’s a thing. There’s a current scandal going on because a major study…
The general public has been taught to be thrilled and or scared by the Death card and to a lesser extent the Tower. These are harbingers of powerful changes and transformations having just passed, in process, or heading their way. However, there are other cards which are far more prosaic and more problematic. The Four…
Plenty of people feel stuck in their lives not only because they don’t know how to get out of the situations they’ve managed to get themselves into over the years, but also because they don’t know what they would do once they were out. They have no idea what they want to do, what they…
How “New Age” can something be when poets were writing about it in 1807? Sometimes life just catches my funny bone. Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood 5 Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And…
Media has bombarded us for not just decades but hundreds of years of message and media telling us that this or that thing will inspire us, fulfill us, and make our lives the dream we’ve always dreamed. I see this all the time in the spiritual community. Just follow this program, take this workshop, get…
When people say “Life’s a dance” they are usually referring to partner dancing where two people hold hands and try not to step on each other’s feet. You know “sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow.” But sometimes life’s a dance like a ballet teacher trying to get 5 year olds to perform for the first…