in part 1 of this article, you engaged the ‘elevator exercise,’ where you imagined 8 hours in an elevator with someone in your life you love spending time with, and someone in your world who feels challenging. hopefully, you then calendared a gentle way to either ‘prune’ or ‘nourish’ the…
the healing power of language in 22+ years of offering energy healing for folks, I've witnessed that everyone who successfully heals themselves has this in common: they're mindful with their language as they speak about themselves + what they're healing. this might seem simple. it is profound. if you hold…
ceremony is one of the strongest tools we can use to help our clients, students, groups, and audiences. river otter offers us this beautiful teaching: 'ceremonies are where humans wake up from the trance, and remember how powerful they are.' delicious, yes? good ceremony changes the shape of identity and…
what does it mean to follow your dreams? it started about two decades ago. night after night, I was visited by incredibly vivid dreams of swimming with river otters. in them, I got to be an otter myself, clever paws and strong tail propelling me with effortless grace and delight…
as you read, I invite you to notice where you are in your life in this story. do you see yourself here? once, I hired someone to help me when I needed it most, and what unfolded wasn’t feeling good. simply, I was doing all the things I was ‘supposed…
I’d like to share something from one of our dreaming otter circles, where we engage our helping spirits in the unseen realms, and each other in loving community. a recent topic was ‘crisis’…and you might wonder who would voluntarily get together to circle about crisis if they didn’t have to?…
once upon a time, I had an experience with a dear friend that felt challenging to the core, and I was feeling rocked and unhappy. the way I handle my upset is to walk in the woods and talk it out with myself, until I find my center. I was…
Hulloa armchair adventurer! This is a sharing of a recent personal mini-retreat that lasted just 24 hours, almost to the minute. It wasn’t grand or fancy, and it didn’t cost and arm and a leg…and it delivered absolute clarity for me, along with gentle and wondrous magic. There isn’t a…
there is power and fruitfulness in the most 'simple' spiritual practices. in this article, we'll start with your personal altar and close with...a helpful hippopotamus to make you smile, that also illustrates a fundamental truth about how energy flows. the altar altars are deeply personal, creative, and marvelous – yours…
'childlike joy' as a gentle antidote for weariness: if you've been 'adulting' too much lately (meetings, bills, commitments, challenges, burdens, sorrows, burnout, social media doomscrolling, compassion fatigue, overgiving, you name it)... my helping spirits invite you to turn towards cultivating 'childlike joy' as a gentle (and sweet) antidote for whatever…
the divine feline: cat lovers don’t need it explained. there is something in us, deep in our hearts, that reveres, cherishes, and delights in cats! some of us have felt it all our lives – a strong need to serve, rescue, help or support cats. some feel a simple,…
one woman's healing story: I love reading stories. books saved my life as a little person in some hard times (and lots of sensitives can relate to this), and humans have been learning and growing through stories shared round the fireside for millennia. when we read a healing story, we’re…