The Freedom in Real Forgiviness
The healing starts when I recognize and accept these stories are in process. A maddeningly non-linear journey, but a journey of getting clear and present nonetheless.
Realizing Your Worth
I’ve found the concept of self-worth is a block to healing like no other. If a person doesn’t feel worthy of fill-in-the-blank then that likely won’t happen.
The Body Heals the Mind
By activating your Summer Sense of awareness, appreciation, and acceptance, you get a larger perspective encompassing the heart. A larger field. This is a learned skill that can be mastered.
The Gift of Making Amends in Recovery
We’ve all hurt someone in our lifetime. It’s part of being human. So even if you haven’t needed to stare down addiction, you likely have felt your heart swell at having a bridge mended or when something’s made right again.
The First Gene Key
A Fresh Perspective Shift between Ideas and Outcomes; I’ve been thinking about expectations a lot recently. I’ve been playing with not having them.
Being Half-Hearted Is Exhausting (Gene Key 29)
The right devotion finds me when I begin in the right mindset. Getting to a yes or no, is an inner practice. So I take special time to observe where this gift directs me.
Why I Write…
My Great-grandfather, William T. Ellis, was an author in the early 1900s. Technically, he was a blogger before that was a thing. He had a syndicated column that ran every Sunday where he mused about the spiritual life; ponderings, lessons, and joys.
Enrichment as a Guiding Internal Principle (Gene Key 56)
Activities that truly enrich my life make me aware of my connection to the world. Rather than feeding a blind external consumption or trying to get a fix, I am drawn to those things that build unity and help me realize how connected we really are.
Mending the Overachiever
I have a precious figurine of a wooden angel holding a bundle of apples in her arms. It was given to me by a patient who did everything in her power to be healthy and young-looking. So when her husband called weeping to tell me she’d had a fatal heart attack, I was shocked.
Creating a Suggestion That Sticks
Sitting in my clinic supervisor’s professional office, eager to find out what herbs and supplements he’d choose for my ‘student exhaustion syndrome’, I realized something that would become a guiding principle for how I approach practice.
Who is the “Queen of Herbs”?
If you’re wondering how to use herbs effectively, Julia Thie shares her insight into Tulsi, the Queen of Herbs, and mistakes often made when “trying” tulsi.