Reflections
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Reflections :: Imagination as Practice
Depth psychologists believe and even study something called the imaginal realm. The imaginal realm exists in every one of us. It communicates through symbols. It is an active, healthy part of human relating. Ever get a song stuck in your head, or see an image on your mind screen when someone is telling you a story? Those are symbols, the mouthpiece of the imaginal realm. The imaginal realm is precisely the way our intuition, our inner mysterious nature that infuses us with power and spark, reverence and awe, speaks. Neuroscience calls it right hempisphere brain functioning: intuition, inner guidance, creativity, empathy. I call it Soul. As I continue…
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Reflections :: The Reality of Intuition
Human beings have potentially available a tremendous range of intuitive powers. We are indeed wiser than our intellects. There is much evidence. We are learning how sadly we have neglected the capacities of the non-rational, creative “metaphoric mind”—the right half of our brain. This was Carl Rogers, the originator of the human potential movement, speaking in 1980. His practice of empathy, of meeting people exactly where they are at in an unconditional, non-judgmental way, and his devotion to the principle of each individual having untapped, infinite reserves of inner-potential made him one of the most important psychologists of modern times. How does it serve you to know, too,…
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Reflections :: Mommy Me-Time
Here comes an important self-admission: I have no kids. I am not a Dandelion Mom. I am a single woman in the second half of my thirties who has devoted the better part of two decades to the work of women. Specifically, how we relate to ourselves, our identity, our experiences of self and the roles we play, and our experiences of our spirits, our spiritualities, our personal growths and beliefs. I am not a mom, no, not at all. You’re right, I don’t get it. Yes, the difference between us is that for me, taking time for me, honoring something as decadent as me-time and personal growth…
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Reflections :: A Healthy Creative Life
A Reiki client I see is struggling with her creativity. She does not value it enough, and reports that she doesn’t have enough time to “do creative things.” To me, this is not an issue to be approached from the classic viewpoint of scheduling. Creativity is not something you pencil in for an hour at 3pm. Creativity is a function of soul. And the soul life is a life based on experience. It is cliché, sure, but soul is about being, not doing. It is an approach to life. Practicing discipline by creating a routine around nurturing creativity is extremely important, indeed if one is trying to approach…
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Musings :: What Does it Mean to Be Present?
“Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.” ~Lorna Luft Yesterday was one of those days where things didn’t seem to be going my way. Our new puppy was driving me crazy and having to discipline him at every turn was wearing me down. I was feeling overwhelmed at meeting certain deadlines and getting caught up from taking some time off to enjoy the summer with my daughter while she was on break. There is always a bit of mommy guilt whether you work in or out of the home I think and I try not to beat myself up when I have…
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Reflections :: Honoring Life’s Passings
In a few weeks it will be the anniversary of the death of my aunt Mary. I have written here about her before; she helped raise me in that my parents shared a house with her and her husband. Her daughter is the closest I will ever have to a sister. The kind that I talk to almost every day, stay up late waiting for, eat unhealthy food with, and sing songs badly and too loud for no reason other than because the car windows are down. We both just went through chaotic, emotional weeks of great change. While processing on the phone, we only barely touched at…
