On my awakening journey, I have been exploring many different avenues of connecting to the Divine and of receiving spiritual guidance from the higher realms. I have found that I resonate strongly with shamanism, and many Nature-based practices and traditions. Spending time in Nature is for me the equivalent of what I imagine going to …
Letting go: A Lesson from the Tree Kingdom
Today was the chilliest day of the fall season thus far. I even saw the first snowflakes make their entrance during my walk through my favourite local forest. In North America at this time, the forests are giving their yearly masterclass on letting go with grace. The colors are particularly vivid this year I notice, …
A moment of self reflection
I recently read an article about our ‘inner-love flow’ which led me to consider how I show up and express my deep affection and fondness for those people I love and who also love me. Those special people who I hold closest to my heart, my dear ones, who I reach out to first when …
The many shades of learning to love ourselves
I’ve been on what I call a ‘radical and unconditional self-love and acceptance journey’ for several years now. Up until this point, if asked I would be the first to loudly proclaim how everything in life becomes exponentially better, when you make the conscious decision to be the One for yourself. To the be the …
Enjoy the little things
I notice this is written on the cover of my new notebook and it feels so appropriate. It’s been a rough couple of weeks, heavy emotionally, psychologically, mentally, spiritually, physically…you name it. Not just for me, but seemingly for everyone around me. These are bizarro ‘what are you made of’ kind of defining times. Yet, …
The problem with “Love your neighbour as you love yourself”
Seems like a no-brainer, right? How could I have a problem with this? Of course we want to love others and be loving people, who are unselfish and do not only care about ourselves. However, there is a big glaring hole that is being sidestepped in this very well known foundational /religious teaching. Now, before …
Standing For Unity in The Days of ‘Us vs.Them’
What strange times we are living. The past two years or so have been eye opening to say the least, and have shaken everyone’s foundation in one way or another. I sincerely wish to take a moment to send love and healing to anyone and everyone doing their individual best to get by. It’s not …
Arachnophobia
While washing windows earlier this morning, a startling thought came to me. Spiders are the quintessential starving artists of the insect (arachnid) world. Instead of only being grossed out by the stack of fly carcuses and annoyed by their sticky webbing, I found myself also feeling inspired and strangely sympathetic to the little creepy crawlies. …