Winter Solstice – Time to Celebrate Change || By Catherine Dockery, MA, Conscious Aging Facilitator
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. –Rumi All is well – Namaste! Nothing signifies change more than the winter solstice. Since prehistory, the winter solstice has been a significant time of year in most cultures. It marks the symbolic death and…
Read MoreThe Art of Letting Go: A Journey through Emotion, Release, and Pleasure || By Rick Garcia, Certified Sex/Cannabis Coach, LMT
Life can be a dance, with many tricky moves that can look effortless but in reality these effortless-appearing displays are an example of practice, patience, compassion, and passion. When we make ourselves vulnerable enough to enter the dance of life, we must learn a profound, scary and transformative technique. This technique can become art, the…
Read MoreInside the Seeker’s Journey || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA
And you, when will you begin that long journey into yourself? -Rumi Journey is the metaphor often used to make sense of the twists and turns along our life’s experiences and into those we take into our psyche’s unconscious or soul (1). These include the heroine’s journey, the hero’s, and the night-sea—all complex journeys toward…
Read MoreTurning Towards || By TJ Dubovich MFTC
As a marriage and family therapist, I hear couples say things such as “I just don’t want to fight anymore” or “We have been fighting more recently and I’m concerned that means deeper issues in our relationship”. While increased, toxic conflict is not a good sign within a connection, conflict, in general, is neither a…
Read MoreHow To Learn From People Around You || by Catherine Dockery MA, Conscious Aging Facilitator
Social learning is the replication of another’s behavior through observation and imitation-Albert Bandura Humans naturally learn what’s possible, what’s expected and how to perform by watching other people. And it’s not just their actions, but also their thoughts, ideas, feelings to understand the possibilities. A role model is someone we look to as a good example. A role…
Read MoreBreaking 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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