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The Much-Publicized Movie I love English period pieces, especially about class relationships, as well as the history of Europe between the world wars. Last weekend my daughter agreed to accompany me to see "Atonement", a much-publicized movie about the tragedy and prejudice of class struggle in pre-World War II England through a never-consumated romance. I …
The Use of Limits My mother would frequently say the following to me, "Once you set your mind to do something, there’s no limit to what you can acheive". She meant it as a compliment, and yet, it never quite set well with me. Through some related crises, I think I’m finally realizing why. There …
The Healing Power of the Snake Totem In ancient times when we worshipped a Goddess and not a God, and before the Adam and Eve story gained precedence as the determined story of humanity on the earth plane, the snake was a revered animal totem strongly associated with healing. It was understood that transmutation, or …
Can You Give It Up? It just ain’t gonna happen. Perfection, that is. How much time per day would you guestimate you spend obsessing about yours or someone else’s lack of perfection? Hate to break it to you, folks, but you’d be better off cleaning your bathroom, paying your most expensive bills, settling a thirty-year …
I am 58 years old today. Although as a child I always felt my birthday was scrunched in just after the holidays, and therefore too much of a bother to be celebrated, I love having my birthday happen in the wake of the new year – what used to be called, I believe, Epiphany. I …
Taking Stock in the Midst of Crises Happy, healthy new year! 2008 promises to be a significant year, with the upcoming presidential election and much, much more. On an individual level, I find myself once again "taking stock" in the midst of some family crises which I don’t see "re-solutions" for at the moment. I …
Shamanism: Spiritual Journey of Empowerment Physical: $13.97 .MP3: $9.97 You can experience the way of the shaman, or ancient healer who can travel from the physical to the spiritual realms to experience the path of spiritual power and transformation to heal, develop and create miracles, through this two-part guided meditation and hypnosis audio with special …
The Tiny Light Emerging from A Great Darkness Its here once again – Christmas. Its particular vision, a spiritual metaphor emerging from its ancient solstice roots (today, as a matter of fact!) – that celebrate a tiny light emerging from a great darkness, promises peace on earth, good will towards men, with one big qualifier …
One of my clients recently wrote a blog entry that refers to my women’s group. You can go here to read the original post on her blog, Wonders of Writing, but with her permission I posted it here as well. I enjoyed this post very much and I think you all would too! Enjoy! —————–Reading …
Making Sense Out of Year’s End We are coming to the end of our annual 365-day cycle in a few short weeks amidst our great holiday flurry, meant and pushed in many culturally-driven ways to complete whatever, for us, meaningfully constitutes this year. I saw a client around this time years ago who uncovered what …