Archive for October 2023
Breaking the Chains of Shame || By Rick Garcia, Certified Sex/Cannabis Coach, LMT
Welcome to another blog installment. Full disclosure, this post will dive into the waters of sexuality, shame and guilt. These concepts are charged, and if you find them triggering, then you have a choice: you can stop reading and come back to this article when you are in a better space, or, if you find…
Read MoreGuided Meditation: 2 Minutes || By Annabelle Denmark MA, LPCC
As you get ready for this guided meditation? Find a comfortable space, and put your phone ondo not disturb. Spend a few minutes writing down your to do lists, and thoughts, and anything else you need towrite down now so that you don’t forget.Stand, sit or lay down.Now close your eyes or watch this video:…
Read MoreAn American Experience of Death and Grief || By Lisa Martinez MA, ERYT 200-RYT 500
I have written posts in this series on various cultural approaches to death: Japanese rituals, Mexican/Meso-American rituals, Celtic rituals, Nigerian rituals, and Samoan/Pacific Islander rituals. I’m sure I could fill years with different posts covering rituals from thousands of other major cultures. Across the 195 recognized countries in the world, ethnologists and anthropologists have estimated…
Read MoreCarl Jung on Owning Your Shadow || by Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA
WHAT IS OUR SHADOW? Jung said the shadow is that which I do not wish to be. It’s those parts of my personality or my organizations, if we look at the collective level, that when they’re brought to my awareness, I find them troubling. It includes a whole range of our reality that is not…
Read MoreThe Myth of Escalator Sex || By TJ Dubovich MFTC
In the realm of sexuality, there is a pervasive myth that suggests desire should always be like an escalator, consistently and predictably moving upwards. This idea implies that if you and your partner are truly compatible, you should effortlessly slide into a state of continuous, unending desire. Not only that but once you both have…
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