Over the past two months I have covered all the various types of self-care, but one. And, that’s spiritual self-care. I guess I was saving it for last, because there are so many myths about the spirit and how one can perform self-care. In this week’s post, I hope to shed some light on spiritual self-care, identify a few practices …
Prioritizing Self-Care in the New Year
After the Great Recession, workers around the world were shocked into a hyper state of productivity. While wage rates have stayed mostly the same for the past 20 years, each professional has had to prove their worthiness in the current economy with greater output and working overtime. The national stress levels have been impacted by the economic crisis since 2008 …
New Year, New Decade, New You!
As 2019 rolls into 2020, this marks not only a new year but also a new decade. We mark new decades based on our birth years but also communely when a new decade happens. And, new decades only happen about eight or nine times in our lifetimes, so they’re a little more important than 11:59 PM ticking over to 12:00 …
Abundance Mindset
A cornucopia of food is on the horizon! Family and friends come together around the Thanksgiving holiday for a celebration of being thankful. And, as the autumn holiday brings about food aplenty, it’s a good chance to step back and do some reflection on the abundance mindset. Once you understand what it is, then you start to experience the many …
Overcoming Fear, Part 3: Overcoming Emotional and Spiritual Fears
“Be fearless and pure; never waver in your determination or your dedication to the spiritual life. Give freely. Be self-controlled, sincere, truthful, loving, and full of the desire to serve… Learn to be detached and to take joy in renunciation. Do not get angry or harm any living creature, but be compassionate and gentle; show good will to all. Cultivate …
Reiki in Hospice Care, Working Together
The end of our physical life is always a difficult subject, because it means loss on a fundamental level. For the individual, for friends, for their lovers and families, there is finality to this stage of life. Thankfully, there is hospice care. And, increasingly, reiki in hospice care is becoming more common. According to the nonprofit headquartered right here in …
Ready to Ignite Your Intuition?
Join me for a Spring 46-Day Challenge and Reignite Your Intuition!
The World Turned Upside Down
In Lin-Mauel Miranda’s amazing Hamilton musical, he creatively takes our imagination back to a time of great turmoil as we collectively strived for our American independence. It is far from easy as Miranda’s song “The World Turned Upside Down” alludes to the battles for our freedom. Yet, once won, we begin the great American experiment of a new vision for a society, …
Candomblé: Afro-Brazilian Healing Traditions
Candomblé: Afro-Brazilian Healing Traditions. A small but growing population of Brazilians are once again practicing their religion openly, which also happens to include Afro-Brazilian healing traditions.
Traditional Thai Medicine: Healing Traditions in the Kingdom of Thailand
Did you know that the Thai government has recently announced that it has the best marijuana in the world? But, marijuana is not yet legal (again) in Thailand, and that’s all about to change. As reported in Globe Southeast Asia’s article, “Making green: how weed could push Thailand’s economy to new highs,” Thai government officials have moved forward a draft …